Accuracy Meaning
/ˈak.jʊ.ɹə.si/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness
nounExact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.
Sentence Examples
Check up on the accuracy of this article.
Today, we can tell how the weather will be with a high degree of accuracy.
They questioned the accuracy of the information in the file.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The archer's ____ was praised after hitting the bull's-eye three times in a row.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the weather forecast has improved significantly.
Word Origin & History
* First attested in the 1660s. * accurate + -cy
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Its professed end [of logic], is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy."
— 1827, Thomas Reid, Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind:
"The efficiency of the instrument will also depend upon the accuracy with which the piston fits the bottom and sides of the barrel. When the piston is depressed to the bottom, it is considered in theory to be in absolute contact, so as to exclude every particle of air from the space between it and the bottom."
— 1856, Dionysius Lardner, Popular Lectures on Science and Art:
"At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum."
— 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The archer's ____ was praised after hitting the bull's-eye three times in a row.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the weather forecast has improved significantly.