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01. I don't know the [exact] number of students in our program, but I think it is about 250.
02. Weather forecasting is a fairly [inexact] science; one can never be 100% sure the weather report will be right.
03. The exam will begin at [exactly] 11:00.
04. I don't know the [exact] time I spoke to Tim, but I think it was around 3:00.
05. She's about 40 years old; she won't tell anyone her [exact] age.
06. The play will start at 5:00 [exactly].
07. When salmon return to the river to lay their eggs, they go within 10 feet of the [exact] spot where they were born.
08. Some people say up to one million Cambodians were killed by the Khmer Rouge, but the [exact] number may never be known.
09. He can remember the [exact] moment when he first saw his wife because he says he knew then that she was the woman that he would marry.
10. You have to be very [exact] when you are measuring the floor, or the carpet won't fit properly.
11. Where [exactly] are you from in Venezuela?
12. Henry is not [exactly] the best tennis player I've ever seen, but he certainly tries hard.
13. I know [exactly] how she felt when she lost her job because I went through the same thing last year.
14. Jerry Seinfeld once joked that it's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just [exactly] fits the newspaper.
15. A Yiddish proverb suggests that the heart of a man may be compared to a sausage; no one can tell [exactly] what's inside.
16. Our shoes are made to the most [exacting] standards possible.
17. He [exacted] his revenge in the most brutal way imaginable.
18. An unhealthy lifestyle has [exacted] its toll on her rapidly aging body.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • exact — exact …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • exact — exact, exacte [ ɛgza(kt), ɛgzakt ] adj. • XVIe; lat. exactus « poussé jusqu au bout, accompli », de exigere « achever » I ♦ 1 ♦ Vx ou littér. Qui est fait avec soin, en observant les règles prescrites, les normes. ⇒ minutieux, rigoureux,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • exact — EXÁCT, Ă, exacţi, te, adj., adv. I. adj. 1. Care este conform cu realitatea, care este în deplină concordanţă cu adevărul. ♢ Ştiinţe exacte = ştiinţe în care formulările se pot prezenta în formă matematică. ♦ Care reproduce întocmai un model,… …   Dicționar Român

  • Exact — Ex*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;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • exact — ex‧act [ɪgˈzækt] verb [transitive] formal to demand and get something from someone, especially using forceful methods: • My client is only claiming the return of taxes exacted under an unlawful demand. exaction noun [uncountable] : • The company… …   Financial and business terms

  • exact — exact, acte (é gza, ou, suivant la prononciation la plus commune, è gzakt, c et t sonnant, gzak t . Il y a des divergences pour la prononciation du masculin : plusieurs disent è gza, ne faisant pas plus sonner ct que dans respect ; Richelet note… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • exact — Exact, [ex]acte. adj. Regulier, ponctuel, soigneux, qui observe ponctuellement tout ce qu il faut jusqu aux moindres choses dans ce qu il fait, dans ce qu il dit. Il est fort exact. autheur exact. vous n estes pas assez exact. il faut estre exact …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Exact — Ex*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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • exact — [eg zakt′, igzakt′] adj. [L exactus < pp. of exigere, to drive out, measure, determine < ex , out + agere, to do: see ACT1] 1. characterized by, requiring, or capable of accuracy of detail; very accurate; methodical; correct [an exact… …   English World dictionary

  • exact — I adjective accurate, admitting of no deviation, allowing no departure from the standard, careful, clear cut, close, correct, defined, detailed, diligens, exactus, explicit, express, faithful, literal, meticulous, minute, particular, plain,… …   Law dictionary

  • exact — [adj1] accurate, precise bull’s eye*, careful, clear, clear cut, correct, dead on*, definite, distinct, downright, explicit, express, faithful, faultless, identical, literal, methodical, nailed down*, nice, on target*, on the button*, on the… …   New thesaurus

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