{
    "term": "precise",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "clear and accurate",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "precise details/instructions/measurements"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you give a more precise definition of the word?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can be reasonably precise about the time of the incident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are the measurements precise enough?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These estimates will become more precise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need to use legally precise terms."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please give precise details about your previous experience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will need a more precise description of the accommodation."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "exact",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "make something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "incredibly", "infinitely"],
                "preposition": ["about", "in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that something happens at a particular time or in a particular way",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We were just talking about her when, **at that precise moment**, she walked in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Doctors found it hard to establish the precise nature of her illness."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "taking care to be exact and accurate, especially about small details",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a skilled and precise worker"
                },
                {
                    "text": "small, precise movements"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've tried to make the process as precise as possible."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's rather prim and precise."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "meticulous",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "make something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "incredibly", "infinitely"],
                "preposition": ["about", "in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show that you are giving more detailed and accurate information about something you have just mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The shelf is about a metre long—well, 98cm, to be precise."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈsaɪs/",
                "audio": "pr/precise/precise__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈsaɪs/",
                "audio": "pr/precise/precise__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French prescis, from Latin praecis- ‘cut short’, from the verb praecidere, from prae ‘in advance’ + caedere ‘to cut’."
}