exactitude

/ɪɡˈzæktɪtjuːd/ (bre, ipa) · [ɪɡzˈæktətˌud] /ɪɡˈzæktɪtuːd/ (ame, ipa) · [ɪɡzˈæktətˌud] /ig-ˈzak-tə-ˌtüd How to pronounce exactitude (audio) -ˌtyüd/ (ame, mw)

exactitude — noun

1. extreme accuracy and careful attention that keeps even small details right.

1.名詞C2
釋義

extreme accuracy and careful attention that keeps even small details right.

例句

Renata checked every footnote in the thesis for exactitude before printing.

check for exactitude in written detail

The museum guide described the battle dates with exactitude during the tour.

with exactitude after a reporting verb

同義詞
  • exactness

    very close in meaning, but plainer and less literary in style

  • precision

    often sounds more technical and is common in measurement or controlled movement

  • accuracy

    the everyday word for being correct, without the same formal tone

反義詞
  • inaccuracy

    lack of correctness in facts, figures, or details

  • vagueness

    lack of clear or exact detail

文法句型

with exactitude

exactitude of

exactitude in

用法筆記

Usually appears in formal writing about records, measurements, descriptions, or historical detail. It sounds more elevated than everyday words such as accuracy and is common in phrases like 'with exactitude' and 'the exactitude of the account'.

常見錯誤

❌The clerk wrote an exactitude list of names.
✅The clerk wrote an exact list of names.
💡use 'exact' before a noun; 'exactitude' names the quality.
❌Gabriel measured the cloth exactitude.
✅Gabriel measured the cloth with exactitude.
💡this noun usually appears after 'with' when it describes how something was done.