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Henri Matisse

Meaning of "exactitude" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXACTITUDE

exactitude  [ɪɡˈzæktɪˌtjuːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXACTITUDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Exactitude is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXACTITUDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of exactitude in the English dictionary

The definition of exactitude in the dictionary is the quality of being exact; precision; accuracy.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXACTITUDE


altitude
ˈæltɪˌtjuːd
amplitude
ˈæmplɪˌtjuːd
aptitude
ˈæptɪˌtjuːd
attitude
ˈætɪˌtjuːd
certitude
ˈsɜːtɪˌtjuːd
finitude
ˈfɪnɪˌtjuːd
fortitude
ˈfɔːtɪˌtjuːd
gratitude
ˈɡrætɪˌtjuːd
habitude
ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd
incertitude
ɪnˈsɜːtɪˌtjuːd
latitude
ˈlætɪˌtjuːd
longitude
ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd
magnitude
ˈmæɡnɪˌtjuːd
multitude
ˈmʌltɪˌtjuːd
negritude
ˈniːɡrɪˌtjuːd
plenitude
ˈplɛnɪˌtjuːd
servitude
ˈsɜːvɪˌtjuːd
solicitude
səˈlɪsɪˌtjuːd
solitude
ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd
verisimilitude
ˌvɛrɪsɪˈmɪlɪˌtjuːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXACTITUDE

exacerbate
exacerbation
exacerbescence
exact
exact science
exacta
exactable
exacter
exacting
exactingly
exactingness
exaction
exactly
exactment
exactness
exactor
exactress
exacum
exaggerate
exaggerated

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXACTITUDE

absolute magnitude
apparent magnitude
decrepitude
earthquake magnitude
inaptitude
ineptitude
inexactitude
infinitude
ingratitude
lassitude
line of latitude
line of longitude
order of magnitude
parallel of latitude
penal servitude
pulchritude
quietude
show-me attitude
the multitude
vicissitude
visual magnitude

Synonyms and antonyms of exactitude in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EXACTITUDE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «exactitude» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of exactitude

Translation of «exactitude» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXACTITUDE

Find out the translation of exactitude to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of exactitude from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «exactitude» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

精密
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

exactitud
570 millions of speakers

English

exactitude
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शुद्धता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

точности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

exatidão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সঠিকতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

exactitude
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketepatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Genauigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

正確さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정확성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tegese
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghiêm nhặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துல்லியப்பாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तंतोतंतपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

doğruluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

esattezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dokładność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

точності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

exactitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακρίβεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

akkuraatheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

exakthet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nøyaktighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of exactitude

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXACTITUDE»

The term «exactitude» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.609 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXACTITUDE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «exactitude» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «exactitude» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about exactitude

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3 QUOTES WITH «EXACTITUDE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word exactitude.
1
Remy de Gourmont
Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices.
2
Henri Matisse
Exactitude is not truth.
3
Steven Weber
The flaw in, say, austerity, is that its success is predicated on the relative exactitude of math rather than the shifting, liquid imperfection of people's lives.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXACTITUDE»

Discover the use of exactitude in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to exactitude and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Exactitude: Hyperrealist Art Today
Published to complement the London Plus One Gallery show by the same name, a guide to the achievements and significance of contemporary figurative and hyperrealist artists includes examinations of the works of such creative masters as Clive ...
Maggie Bollaert, 2009
2
Six Memos for the Next Millennium
For the ancient Egyptians, exactitude was symbolized by a feather that served as a weight on scales used for the weighing of souls. This light feather was called Maat, goddess of the scales. The hieroglyph for Maat also stood for a unit of ...
Italo Calvino, 1988
3
A Key to Domesday: Showing the Method and Exactitude of Its ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Robert William 1815 Eyton, 2011
4
Exactitude: Festschrift for Robert Faurisson to His 75th ...
On January 25, 1929, 75 years before this book was published, a man was born, who probably deserves the title of the most courageous intellectual of the last third of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century: Robert Faurisson.
Robert H. Countess, Chr Lindtner, Germar Rudolf, 2004
5
Heidegger and Practical Philosophy
Moreover, although he still believes that [exactitude] and [truth] are opposed, in fact they are now inscribed on the same side of the strip, since a Mobius strip has only one surface and one side. In other words, the opposition between the two ...
François Raffoul, David Pettigrew, 2002
6
New Horizons in Earth Reinforcement: Book + CD-ROM
System of sewer inspection (Madryas, 1993) Ti – general overhauls, ti – mean time between inspections, q – coefficient of the exactitude of an inspection. Figure 3. Generalised system for monitoring a sewage network ti – mean time between ...
Jun Otani, Yoshihisa Miyata, Toshifumi Mukunoki, 2012
7
Multiple Arts: The Muses II
Exactitude has nothing to do with precision. Precision is a matter of reproduction, of recuperation, of approximation. Exactitude is absolute or it is nothing. It is a matter of arising, a matter of the instant. It seems to me that we could say: we agree ...
Jean-Luc Nancy, Simon Sparks, 2006
8
Elsevier's Dictionary of Automation Technics: In English, ...
... de la stabilité 845 étude de robot 11103 étude de signification 11547 étude d' exactitude 210 évaluation 942 évaluation d'assemblage 1039 évaluation de l' indice 5204 évaluation de l'information de senseur 5215 évaluation de performance ...
B. Zhelyazova, 2005
9
Lacan Today: Psychoanalysis, Science, Religion
26 Lacan furthermore differentiates between the fictions that produce truth and those having to do with exactitude: "Exactitude has to be distinguished from truth. "27 The term exactitude will be applied only to the results obtained by the method  ...
Alexandre Leupin, 2004
10
Shan Hackett: The Pursuit of Exactitude
He wrote many acclaimed works including The Third World War and its sequel The Third World War - The Untold Story. He was constantly in demand for his television programmes and radio commentary up to his death in 1997.
Roy Fullick, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXACTITUDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term exactitude is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tony Abbott calls for Labor support on union reforms, brushes aside …
... than Justice Dyson Heydon and he is conducting this royal commission in accordance with the usual canons of fairness and exactitude.". «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
2
Every man's mask is also his face
The crux of this confusion is explained by Jorge Luis Borges in his one-paragraph short story On Exactitude in Science. A great empire created ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
3
Programming Manager
Exactitude and precision. Ability to manage a team. Knowledge of television broadcasting (knowledge of TV broadcast regulations). Literacy in ... «Bizcommunity.com, Jul 15»
4
Karlovy Vary Film Review: 'Song of Songs'
Designed and assembled with devoted exactitude, this beguiling excursion into a world seemingly disappearing before its own eyes has ... «Variety, Jul 15»
5
Eric Holder, Wall Street Double Agent, Comes in From the Cold
Collectively, the decisions he made while in office saved those firms a sum that is impossible to calculate with exactitude. But even going by the ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
6
Roman legion camp from 2nd century CE found at Megiddo
This Roman exactitude can be seen clearly at the site in the water system and the roads, says Tepper. The site was a major way station on the ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
7
'Nina Revisited' review: Lauryn Hill shines in tribute to legendary …
Nina Simone has been a mythic and mysterious figure for decades, using the exactitude of her classical training to buttress her passionate ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
8
Classical season opens at the Hollywood Bowl with Lionel Bringuier …
It was a full-speed-ahead performance, pugilistic in its force, scientific in its exactitude, whiz-bang in its finesse. The amplification gave her ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
9
"Your biggest opponent is yourself" explains Geneva based fighter
He dissects the correct leverage and bio mechanics of a “takedown” with the same clarity and anatomical exactitude of a yoga teacher ... «Le News, Jul 15»
10
New stand at Dallas Farmers Market takes ice cream to luxurious …
A new ice cream place in Dallas promises to bring us the frozen treat executed with unparalleled exactitude. Called Roomie's Ice Cream, it will ... «CultureMap Dallas, Jul 15»

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