accurate
1 adj Accurate information, measurements, and statistics are correct to a very detailed level. An accurate instrument is able to give you information of this kind.
(=precise) (Antonym: inaccurate)
Police have stressed that this is the most accurate description of the killer to date..., Quartz timepieces are very accurate, to a minute or two per year.
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accurately adv
The test can accurately predict what a bigger explosion would do.
2 adj An accurate statement or account gives a true or fair judgment of something., (Antonym: inaccurate)
Joseph Stalin gave an accurate assessment of the utility of nuclear weapons..., They were accurate in their prediction that he would change her life drastically.
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accurately adv ADV with v
What many people mean by the word `power' could be more accurately described as `control'.
3 adj You can use accurate to describe the results of someone's actions when they do or copy something correctly or exactly., (Antonym: inaccurate)
Marks were given for accurate spelling and punctuation.
4 adj An accurate weapon or throw reaches the exact point or target that it was intended to reach. You can also describe a person as accurate if they fire a weapon or throw something in this way., (Antonym: inaccurate)
The rifle was extremely accurate...
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accurately adv ADV with v
(=precisely)
...the technology to aim bombs accurately from aircraft.