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The correct spelling is exact.

How to pronounce exact

/ɪɡˈzækt/
verb

IPA: /ɪɡˈzækt/

Say it like: Exa-ct

The correct spelling is exact. To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way. For example: "to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone"

Usage Examples

to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone

to exact revenge on someone

He paid the exact debt.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
  2. 2.To make desirable or necessary.
  3. 3.To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.

adjective

  1. 1.Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
  2. 2.Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
  3. 3.Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
  4. 4.(of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.

adverb

  1. 1.Exactly

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