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Definition and meaning of exacting
exacting
- present participle of exact (verb)
Definitions
exacting (adj.)
1.requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill"found the job very demanding" "a baby can be so demanding"
2.requiring precise accuracy"an exacting job" "became more exigent over his pronunciation"
3.severe and unremitting in making demands"an exacting instructor" "a stern disciplinarian" "strict standards"
4.having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures"fastidious microorganisms" "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"
exact (adj.)
1.rigorously attentive; strict and thorough"close supervision" "paid close attention" "a close study" "kept a close watch on expenditures"
2.(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct"a precise image" "a precise measurement"
3.marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact"an exact mind" "an exact copy" "hit the exact center of the target"
exact (v. trans.)
1.take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs"the accident claimed three lives" "The hard work took its toll on her"
2.claim as due or just"The bank demanded payment of the loan"
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Merriam Webster
ExactingEx*act"ing, a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. “A temper so exacting.” T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
ExactEx*act" (?), a. [L. exactus precise, accurate, p. p. of exigere to drive out, to demand, enforce, finish, determine, measure; ex out + agere to drive; cf. F. exact. See Agent, Act.]
1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.
I took a great pains to make out the exact truth. Jowett (Thucyd. )
2. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact. “I see thou art exact of taste.” Milton.
3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
An exact command,
Larded with many several sorts of reason. Shak.
ExactEx*act", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exacting.] [From L. exactus, p. p. of exigere; or fr. LL. exactare: cf. OF. exacter. See Exact, a.] To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one.
He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. Luke. iii. 13.
Years of servise past
From grateful souls exact reward at last Dryden.
My designs
Exact me in another place. Massinger.
ExactEx*act", v. i. To practice exaction. [R.]
The anemy shall not exact upon him. Ps. lxxxix. 22.
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Synonyms
exacting (adj.)
assiduous, conscientious, demanding, difficult, exact, exigent, fastidious, punctilious, relentless, rigid, scrupulous, severe, stern, strict, stringent, unbending
exact (adj.)
accurate, careful, close, correct, detailed, explicit, faithful, literal, methodical, meticulous, nice, painstaking, particular, precise, punctilious, right, rigorous, scrupulous, severe, spot on, strict, true, unerring
See also
exacting (adj.)
↘ austerely, daintiness, delicacy, dourly, fineness, nicety, overnicety, rigorously, severely, sternly, strictly, stringently ↗ asperity, astringency, commandeer, demandingly, embezzle, highjack, hijack, intensity, misappropriate, pirate, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, severity, skyjack, sternness, strictness, stringency ≠ undemanding, unfastidious
exact (adj.)
↘ carefulness, exactitude, exactness, meticulousness, plainly, rigorously, strictly ↗ exactly, just, precisely, strictness, stringency, to a nicety ≠ inexact
Phrases
⇨ exact money • not exact
⇨ Closed and exact differential forms • Exact (differential form) • Exact Audio Copy • Exact Change • Exact Editions • Exact Equation • Exact Sciences • Exact coloring • Exact cover • Exact division • Exact functor • Exact rhymes • Exact rhyming • Exact science • Exact sequence • Exact significance test • Exact solution • Exact solutions in general relativity • Exact solutions of Einstein's field equations • Exact statistics • Exact test • Fisher's exact test • Five-term exact sequence • Non-exact solutions in general relativity • Signing Exact English • Society for Exact Philosophy • Topological half-exact functor
Analogical dictionary
exacting (adj.)
exacting; fastidious; demanding[ClasseHyper.]
exacting (adj.)
demanding, exacting, fastidious[Similaire]
exacting (adj.)
sévère (fr)[Classe]
austère (fr)[Classe]
exacting (adj.)
unfastidious[Ant.]
exact (adj.)
strictness, stringency[QuiEstFaitDe]
careful[Similaire]
exact (adj.)
correct, right[Similaire]
exact (adj.)
conforme à la vérité (fr)[Classe]
qualificatif d'une traduction (fr)[DomainJugement]
sincère (récit) (fr)[DomainJugement]
définition (fr)[DomaineDescription]
exact (v. tr.)
exact (v. tr.)
claim[Hyper.]
application, demand, inquiry, request - exaction - demander[Dérivé]
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