EXACTITUDES Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

exactitude

noun

ig-ˈzak-tə-ˌtüd

Definition of exactitude

as in accuracy

the quality or state of being very accurate after its opening weekend, a movie's final box office gross can be estimated with considerable exactitude

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Recent Examples of exactitude This mix of inquisitiveness and exactitude is probably what sets Coyne apart from all the other overconfident music influencers on TikTok supplanting traditional forms of music journalism. — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2026 Cove is much larger, with a more formal service style, but the exactitude is still there, the sense of stylishness, the obsession and the delight. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026 There’s no way to say, with any degree of exactitude, how many times a scene like that has played out during Ovechkin’s career. — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025 Bigelow pulls the film together with the exactitude of a fighter pilot. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exactitude

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Will those risks outweigh the benefits, especially with extremely low early-stage detection for prostate, breast, ovarian, skin, and inadequate evidence of accuracy for many other cancers?

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
In laboratory tests involving 14 healthy volunteers, participants identified individual odors with 73 percent accuracy and combinations with roughly 71 percent accuracy.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of accuracy

Noun

The process was particularly intricate, as each interlacing detail on the bodice had to be carefully constructed by weaving hundreds of meters of rouleau and while maintaining the tension and precision of the corsetry underneath.

— Shelby Wax, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026
Manufacturing breeches and breech blocks requires precision engineering and strict quality controls.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of precision

Noun

Having lost one daughter, Chrissy sought perfection in her remaining child, ignoring the risks of the modification procedure that have resulted in sickly Josie slowly succumbing to a chronic illness.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
Counted in that giddy stretch of unexpected euphoria was actual perfection, a run from August through January without defeat, capped off with, of all ridiculous things, a national championship.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

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