exact
- Adjective. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
- Adjective. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
- Adjective. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
- Adjective. (algebra, of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.
- Verb. (transitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of.
- Verb. (transitive) To make desirable or necessary.
- Verb. (transitive) To forcibly obtain or produce.
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