{
    "term": "exact",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "correct in every detail",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The new palace is an **exact replica** of the original building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is an exact copy of the original document."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The model is exact in every detail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "For now they are keeping the exact date and location of the wedding a secret."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **exact nature** of her illness *(= precisely what her illness is)* has not been made public."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her second husband was **the exact opposite** of her first *(= completely different)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The colours were an almost **exact match**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's in her mid-thirties—thirty-six **to be exact**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had **the exact same** problem as you when I first started."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What were his exact words?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A clear definition requires very exact wording."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nobody knows the **exact number** of people affected, but it is over 10 000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He started to phone me at the exact moment I started to phone him *(= at the same time)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to know the exact time the incident occurred."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gave an exact description of the attacker."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two men were exact contemporaries at university."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "precise"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "very accurate and careful about details",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was very exact about everything he did."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "meticulous, precise"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "using accurate measurements and following set rules",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Assessing insurance risk can never be an exact science."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "precise"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzækt/",
                "audio": "ex/exact/exact__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzækt/",
                "audio": "ex/exact/exact__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a verb): from Latin exact- ‘completed, ascertained, enforced’, from the verb exigere, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + agere ‘perform’. The adjective dates from the mid 16th cent. and reflects the Latin exactus ‘precise’."
}