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Definition of: exact
(ig·zakt′) adjective
1. Perfectly conformed to a standard; nicely adjusted; strictly accurate or correct.
2. Precise: the exact sum.
3. Accurately or precisely conceived or expressed; characterized by definite knowledge or principles; rigorously determined; definite: exact thinking.
4. Capable of yielding results of high precision and accuracy: an exact instrument. See synonyms under CORRECT, JUST, MINUTE, PARTICULAR, PRECISE.
—v.t.
1. To compel the yielding or payment of; extort.
2. To demand; insist upon as a right.
3. To require; call for: The task will exact great effort. See synonyms under DEMAND. [<L exactus, pp. of exigere determine <ex- out + agere drive. Related to EXAMINE.]
—ex·act′a·ble adjective
—ex·act′er, ex·ac′tor noun
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