Definition of preciser Preciser
We found 1 definitions of preciser from 1 different sources.
Advertising
What does preciser mean?
Part of speech
🔤- preciser, adjective, comparative of precise.
WordNet
Adjectiveprecise, preciser, precisest |
||
| precise - sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment" | ||
| imprecise not precise; "imprecise astronomical observations"; "the terms he used were imprecise and emotional" | ||
| accurate conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" | ||
| distinct recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage" | ||
| exact marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target" | ||
| specific stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount" | ||
| dead devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here" | ||
| fine characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment; "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master" | ||
| hairsplitting, finespun developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions" | ||
| punctilious, meticulous marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities" | ||
| microscopic so small as to be invisible without a microscope; "differences were microscopic" | ||
| skillful, nice pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"- George Meredith; "nice manners"; "a nice dress"; "a nice face"; "a nice day"; "had a nice time at the party"; "the corn and tomatoes are nice today" | ||
| on the button, on the nose being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion; "his guess was on the nose"; "the prediction for snow was right on the button" | ||
| precise - (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" | ||
| accurate, exact | ||
| correct, right free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" | ||
= synonym
= antonym
= related word
= antonym
= related word
Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- precise (a.)
Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality. - precise (a.)
Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
-
precise
Exactly right. -
precise
Perfectly conforming or agreeing with a goal, a fact, or something else.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
-
precise
prē-sīs′, adj. definite: exact: not vague: just of the right amount or measure: adhering too much to rule: excessively nice, punctilious, prim.—adv. Precise′ly.—ns. Precise′ness; Preci′sian, an over-precise person: a formalist: a puritan; Preci′sianism; Preci′sianist, Preci′sionist, a precisian; Preci′sion, quality of being precise: exactness: accuracy.—v.t. Preci′sionise, to make precise.—adj. Precī′sive, cutting off: pertaining to precision. [Fr. précis—L. præcisus, pa.p. of præcidĕre—præ, before, cædĕre, to cut.]
