How do you use the word "accurate" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "accurate" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "accurate": Such an accurate, lightning-quick reply. What can I say? Give me an accurate report of what happened.

Accurate Meaning

/ˈak.jʊ.ɹɪt/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjTelling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.

adjDeviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.

Sentence Examples

Such an accurate, lightning-quick reply. What can I say?

Give me an accurate report of what happened.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

true close right

Antonyms:

wrong incorrect inaccurate

CEFR Practice Quiz

For the experiment to succeed, the scientist needed an ____ measurement of the liquid.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

It is important to provide ____ information on your application.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-der. Proto-Italic *kʷoizā Latin cūra Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cūrō Latin accūrō Latin accūrātusbor. English accurate Borrowed from Latin accūrātus, perfect passive participle of accūrō (“to take care of”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + cūrō (“care for”). First attested in 1610. Compare English cure.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"For more than 90% of the figures (mostly drawn during 1976-1990), either a scale, or the given magnification, will allow the user to derive accurate measurements, even when these are lacking in the diagnosis." — 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page x:

"for that is the fume of those, that conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below, than indeed they have" — 1625, Bacon, Of the Vicissitude of Things:

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