accuracy
//ˈak.jʊ.ɹə.si//
formalForms
- Plural
- accuracies
Definitions
1.The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness
- Its professed end [of logic], is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy.
2.Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.
- The jury doubted the accuracy of the witness' comments.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4022
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
* First attested in the 1660s.
* accurate + -cy