- Conforming exactly to fact; errorless.
- Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits from a standard.
- Capable of providing a correct reading or measurement: an accurate scale.
- Acting or performing with care and precision; meticulous: an accurate proofreader.
[Latin accūrātus, done with care, past participle of accūrāre, to do with care : ad-, ad- + cūrāre, to care for (from cūra, care; see cure).]
accurately ac'cu·rate·ly adv.accurateness ac'cu·rate·ness n.





