Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness

    Genauigkeit, Sorgfalt, Exaktheit

    то́чностьtóčnostʹ

    точністьtočnistʹ

  2. (countable, uncountable)Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.

    The jury doubted the accuracy of the witness' comments.

    the quality of being near to the true value

Examples

43 sentences
  1. He reported the details with accuracy.

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  2. We need to check this report for accuracy.

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  3. I began to doubt the accuracy of his statement.

    ruЯ начал сомневаться в точности его утверждения.

    deIch begann an der Richtigkeit seiner Aussage zu zweifeln.

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  4. Tom is a stickler for accuracy.

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  5. I can give you a copy of the report, but I can't vouch for its accuracy.

    ruЯ могу дать вам копию отчёта, но я не могу ручаться в его точности.

    deIch kann Ihnen eine Kopie des Berichts geben, aber ich kann nicht für seine Korrektheit garantieren.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
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state of being accurate:
Русский
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state of being accurate:
Deutsch
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state of being accurate:

Origin

* First attested in the 1660s.

* First attested in the 1660s.

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Forms

plural: accuracies
Singularaccuracy
Pluralaccuracies

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the quality of being near to the true value:truth

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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