precise
adjective/prɪˈsaɪs/
Слово англійською: precise
Переклад precise українською: то́чний, чітки́й (пунктуа́льний)
Детальний опис
- clear and accurate synonym exact
- precise details/instructions/measurements
- Can you give a more precise definition of the word?
- I can be reasonably precise about the time of the incident.
- [only before noun] used to emphasize that something happens at a particular time or in a particular way
- We were just talking about her when, at that precise moment, she walked in.
- Doctors found it hard to establish the precise nature of her illness.
- taking care to be exact and accurate, especially about small details synonym meticulous
- a skilled and precise worker
- small, precise movements
- We've tried to make the process as precise as possible.
- (disapproving) She's rather prim and precise.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French prescis, from Latin praecis- ‘cut short’, from the verb praecidere, from prae ‘in advance’ + caedere ‘to cut’.
Idioms
to be (more) precise
- used to show that you are giving more detailed and accurate information about something you have just mentioned
- The shelf is about a metre long—well, 98cm, to be precise.