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The correct spelling is exact.
How to pronounce exact
/ɪɡˈzækt/
verbIPA: /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.To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
- 2.To make desirable or necessary.
- 3.To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.
adjective
- 1.Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
- 2.Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
- 3.Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
- 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.Exactly
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