exact

B1
Pronunciation
/ɪɡˈzækt/
Verb
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.

Example Sentences
  • to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone
2 Definition

To make desirable or necessary.

3 Definition

To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.

Example Sentences
  • to exact revenge on someone
Adjective
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.

Example Sentences
  • He paid the exact debt.
2 Definition

Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.

Example Sentences
  • In my doings I was exact.
3 Definition

Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.

4 Definition

(of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.

Adverb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Exactly

Example Sentences
  • She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!