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So, we, as human beings, live in a very imprecise world. A world where our perceptions of reality are far more important than actual reality.
Daniel Keys Moran

Meaning of "imprecise" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMPRECISE

imprecise  [ˌɪmprɪˈsaɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPRECISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Imprecise is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES IMPRECISE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of imprecise in the English dictionary

The definition of imprecise in the dictionary is not precise; inexact or inaccurate.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPRECISE


advice
ədˈvaɪs
concise
kənˈsaɪs
device
dɪˈvaɪs
dice
daɪs
ice
aɪs
merchandise
ˈmɜːtʃənˌdaɪs
mice
maɪs
nice
naɪs
overprecise
ˌəʊvəprɪˈsaɪs
paradise
ˈpærəˌdaɪs
precise
prɪˈsaɪs
price
praɪs
rice
raɪs
saice
saɪs
sice
saɪs
spice
spaɪs
syce
saɪs
twice
twaɪs
ultraprecise
ˌʌltrəprɪˈsaɪs
vice
vaɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPRECISE

imprecate
imprecation
imprecatory
imprecisely
impreciseness
imprecision
impredicative
impregn
impregnability
impregnable
impregnableness
impregnably
impregnant
impregnatable
impregnate
impregnation
impregnator
impresa
impresari
impresario

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPRECISE

boxercise
breathing exercise
circumcise
criticise
Customs and Excise
damage limitation exercise
Dancercise
depoliticise
excise
exercise
Graecise
incise
italicise
ostracise
physical exercise
politicise
postexercise
public relations exercise
publicise
sexercise

Synonyms and antonyms of imprecise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IMPRECISE»

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

Translation of «imprecise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMPRECISE

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

Translator English - Chinese

不精确
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

imprecisa
570 millions of speakers

English

imprecise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

imprecise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير دقيق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неточным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imprecisa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যথাযথ নয় এমন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

imprécis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak tepat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ungenau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不明確な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부정확
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora trep
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không chính xác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நுட்பற்றதாகவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्पष्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kesin olmayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

approssimativo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieprecyzyjne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неточним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

imprecise
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασαφής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vaag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oprecisa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

upresise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of imprecise

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPRECISE»

The term «imprecise» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.176 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPRECISE» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «IMPRECISE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word imprecise.
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Friedrich August von Hayek
We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we cannot measure and on which indeed we have only some very imprecise and general information.
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Daniel Keys Moran
So, we, as human beings, live in a very imprecise world. A world where our perceptions of reality are far more important than actual reality.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPRECISE»

Discover the use of imprecise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to imprecise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Imprecise and Approximate Computation
This book may also be used as supplementary reading in a course on real-time systems.
Swaminathan Natarajan, 1995
2
Dependability Modelling Under Uncertainty: An Imprecise ...
This work introduces new uncertainty-preserving dependability methods for early design stages. It is further shown that Dempster-Shafer theory can be an alternative to probability theory in early design stage dependability predictions.
Philipp Limbourg, 2008
3
On Interpreting and Debugging Results of Database Queries ...
Applications ranging from grid management to sensor nets to web-based information integration and extraction can be viewed as receiving data from some number of autonomous remote data sources and then answering queries over this collected ...
Jiansheng Huang, 2008
4
Rough Sets and Data Mining: Analysis of Imprecise Data
The chapters in this work cover a range of topics that focus on discovering dependencies among data, and reasoning about vague, uncertain and imprecise information.
T.Y. Lin, N. Cercone, 2011
5
Fuzzy Database Modeling of Imprecise and Uncertain ...
This book presents recent advances for imprecise and uncertain engineering information from the point of view of fuzzy database modeling.
Zongmin Ma, 2010
6
Extension of Support Vector Machines for Imprecise Data ...
Support Vector Machines (SVMs) have been successfully applied to manufacturing, finance and healthcare for tasks including defect detection, fraud detection and medical diagnosis.
Atul Vamdev Joshi, 2008
7
OLAP over uncertain and imprecise data
This dissertation describe how these extensions are realized.
Doug Burdick, The University of Wisconsin
8
Teaching Idea Development: A Standards-Based ...
Ask students to look in their working folders at previously generated pieces of work to generate lists of imprecise nouns or pronouns they have used in their own writing and brainstorm possibilities for precise substitutes. Selected imprecise ...
Sharon Crawford Hatton, Pam Leneave Ladd, 2002
9
Soft-Ware 2002: Computing in an Imperfect World: First ...
6. Sorting. Imprecise. Values. The sort operation has a central role in decision making: the alternatives have to be sorted on the basis of their utility, and the best alternative have to be chosen from the sorted list. If there are external criteria to be ...
David Bustard, Weiru Liu, Roy Sterritt, 2002
10
Managing Uncertainty in Engineering Design Using Imprecise ...
An approach for comparing the practical value of different uncertainty models is developed.
Jason Matthew Aughenbaugh, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPRECISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term imprecise is used in the context of the following news items.
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Madrid website slammed as affront to press freedom - The Local
It aims to allow "citizens and media to find the original information which gave rise to news items that... contain claims that are imprecise or ... «The Local.es, Jul 15»
2
When 'hard-liners' dominate the GOP | MSNBC
The comparisons to 2015 are admittedly imprecise, but Reagan's negotiations were arguably more shocking – the Soviet Union was a nuclear ... «MSNBC, Jul 15»
3
Iran's possible oil production response post-sanctions - Trade Arabia
... term without drilling extra wells or putting new fields into production are necessarily imprecise, because most production information is secret. «Trade Arabia, Jul 15»
4
Dundee Sustainable Technologies Inc.: Resignation of a Director
... although considered reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such, undue reliance should not be placed on ... «Stockhouse, Jul 15»
5
Victor Davis Hanson: Our nation's greatest threat | StAugustine.com
Illegal immigration has been a prominent subject in the news lately, between Donald Trump's politically incorrect, imprecise and crass ... «St. Augustine Record, Jul 15»
6
GMO imports: MEPs object to draft law allowing national bans, call …
There is also a serious problem with the notion of “use”, which is a very imprecise term” he said. “We voiced concerns over this proposal, on its ... «European Parliament, Jul 15»
7
Taxpayer Fails to Hit Jackpot as Professional Gambler
Although some of the casinos monitored his gambling activities, they could only provide imprecise averages over time. Nevertheless, the ... «CPAPracticeAdvisor.com, Jul 15»
8
Genocide isn't history – it's part of the long-term human experience
Other scholars lament that the term genocide is too all-encompassing and too imprecise to be of much use. They prefer terms like ethnicide, ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
9
Using Data-Driven Intelligence to Stay Ahead in Retail …
... causing the declines, such as imprecise fraud protocols that automatically decline specific card schemes, currencies, or customer locations. «Multichannel Merchant, Jul 15»
10
Greek banks to reopen Monday - MarketWatch.com
To be sure, the dividing line between legal and illegal insider trading is imprecise. But insider trading is more likely to be considered illegal ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Imprecise [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/imprecise>. Apr 2024 ».
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