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precise

pre·cise [ prə sss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. exact or detailed: exact and accurate, or detailed and specific

2. careful about details: very careful about small details, especially of correct behavior

3. indicating something specific: indicating that something is the exact one that is being referred to
At that precise moment, in he came.

4. handling small details: able to assimilate details or wanting to be given details

5. clear: distinct and correct
a very precise speaker

[Early 16th century. Via French< Latin praecisus, past participle of praecidere "cut off in front" < caedere "cut"]

pre·cise·ness noun
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