Tra từ exact - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

exact [exact exacts exacted exacting] adjective, verb BrE [ɪɡˈzækt] NAmE [ɪɡˈzækt]
adjective
1. correct in every detail
Syn: ↑precise
• She gave an exact description of the attacker.
•an exact copy/replica of the painting
• We need to know the exact time the incident occurred.
•What were his exact words?
•She's in her mid-thirties— thirty-six to be exact.
•The colours were an exact match.
•He started to phone me at the exact moment I started to phone him (= at the same time).
•The two men were exact contemporaries at university.
•Her second husband was the exact opposite of her first (= completely different).
2. (of people)very accurate and careful about details
Syn: ↑meticulous, Syn: ↑precise
3. (of a science)using accurate measurements and following set rules
Syn: ↑precise
•Assessing insurance risk can never be an exact science.

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from Latin exact- ‘completed, ascertained, enforced’, from the verb exigere, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + agere ‘perform’. The adjective dates from the mid 16th cent. and reflects the Latin exactus ‘precise’.

Thesaurus:
exact adj.
1. usually before noun
•She gave an exact description of the attacker.
precise • • accurate • • specific •
Opp: inexact, Opp: approximate, Opp: rough
exact/precise/accurate/specific instructions/details
(a/an) exact/precise/accurate answer/description/measurements
an exact/accurate picture/copy
the exact/precise time
Exact, precise or accurate? A description that is not very exact/precise lacks details; if it is not very accurate it has details, but they are wrong.
2.
•I had the exact same problem as you.
very • • actual • • precise •
Opp: approximate
the exact/very/actual/precise moment
sb's exact/very/actual words
the exact/actual/precise nature of sth
the exact/very same sth

Example Bank:
•He started to phone me at the exact moment I started to phone him.
•I had the exact same problem as you when I first started.
•She's in her mid-thirties— 36, to be exact.
•This is an exact copy of the original document.
Derived Words: ↑exaction ▪ ↑exactness

verb (formal)
1. ~ sth (from sb) to demand and get sth from sb
•She was determined to exact a promise from him.
2. to make sth bad happen to sb
•~ sth He exacted (= took) a terrible revenge for their treatment of him.
•~ sth from sb Stress can exact a high price from workers (= can affect them badly).
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from Latin exact- ‘completed, ascertained, enforced’, from the verb exigere, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + agere ‘perform’. The adjective dates from the mid 16th cent. and reflects the Latin exactus ‘precise’.

Example Bank:
•No doubt they will exact payment in due course.