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PRECISE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
Example:
a precise measurement
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
correct; right (free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth)
Derivation:
preciseness (the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Sharply exact or accurate or delimited
Example:
arrived at the precise moment
Classified under:
Similar:
dead (unerringly accurate)
fine (minutely precise especially in differences in meaning)
finespun; hairsplitting (developed in excessively fine detail)
meticulous; punctilious (marked by precise accordance with details)
microscopic (extremely precise with great attention to details)
nice; skillful (done with delicacy and skill)
on the button; on the nose (being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion)
refined (precise to a fine degree)
very (precisely as stated)
Also:
accurate (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy)
distinct (easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined)
exact (marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact)
specific ((sometimes followed by 'to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique)
Antonym:
imprecise (not precise)
Derivation:
preciseness (clarity as a consequence of precision)
Context examples:
However, the precise mechanism of action(s) of this agent is unknown.
(Coriolus versicolor extract, NCI Thesaurus)
All of us have a small area devoid of blood vessels in the center of our retinas that is responsible for our most precise vision.
(Predicting Alzheimer's Disease May Be Possible Using Eye Exam, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This approach could lead to precise treatments for traumatic brain injury (TBI).
(Every cell has a story to tell in brain injury, National Institutes of Health)
“Pray be precise as to details,” said he.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Method results in 100% bioavailability of the agent due to an absence of the absorption phase and provides a precise and continuous mode of drug therapy, especially for drugs with a narrow therapeutic index.
(Intravenous infusion, NCI Thesaurus)
The precise functions of URI have not been identified yet.
(New Way Discovered for Protecting against High-Dose Radiation Damage, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Meantime, I am glad that you are the only person, besides myself, acquainted with the precise details of to-night's incident.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
We must not be over-precise, Edmund.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
I dare say they often think of you, and wonder which will be the day, the precise day of the instrument's coming to hand.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
A project to develop standards for the collection and analysis of patient-reported health status data using a system of highly reliable, precise measures for physical, mental, and social well-being.
(Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System, NCI Thesaurus)
