Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #195 of 1319

accurate (adj.)

correct in every detail

Examples

  • An accurate description.

Key rules

  • Accurate means correct in every detail
  • Accurate + noun: an accurate description
  • Accuracy is the noun

Common mistakes

  • It is an accurate of the result → It is an accurate result
  • The description is accuracy → The description is accurate

Use cases

  • Describing measurements
  • Judging information
  • Reporting results
💡 Tip: Accurate is about correctness; precise is about exactness.
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