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===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/pɹɪˈsaɪs/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-precise.wav|Audio (a=Southern England)}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪs|s=2}}
* {{hyphenation|en|pre|cise}}
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{{en-adj|more|er}}
 
# {{lb|en|broadly}} Both [[exact]], and [[accurate]].
#: {{ant|en|inexact|imprecise}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1921|author=Bertrand Russell|title=[[S:The Analysis of Mind/Lecture IX|The Analysis of Mind]]|passage=A memory is "'''precise'''" when the occurrences that would verify it are narrowly circumscribed: for instance, "I met Jones" is '''precise''' as compared to "I met a man." A memory is "accurate" when it is both precise and true, i.e. in the above instance, if it was Jones I met.}}
#* {{quote-journal|1=en|year=2018|author=James Lambert|title=A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity|journal=English World-Wide|page=7|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318367113_A_multitude_of_lishes_The_nomenclature_of_hybridity
|text=Individually, some of these definitions fall into the common definitional trap of being overly '''precise'''.}}
# {{lb|en|sciences|engineering|of experimentaldata resultspoints|strictly}} [[consistent|Consistent]], [[cluster]]ed close together, [[agree]]ing with each other {{q|this does ''not'' mean that they cluster near the [[true]], [[correct]], or [[accurate]] value}}.
#: {{ant|en|imprecise|;|inconsistent|varying}}
#: {{cot|en|accurate}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-22|volume=407|issue=8841|page=76|magazine=w:The Economist
# [[adhere|adheringAdhering]] too much to rules; [[prim]] or [[punctilious]].▼
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21579801-making-sense-statistics-riddle-our-days-snakes-and-ladders Snakes and ladders]
|passage=Risk is everywhere.{{...}}For each [kind] there is a frighteningly '''precise''' measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles”{{...}}aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.}}
▲# [[adhere|adhering]] too much to rules; [[prim]] or [[punctilious]]
 
====Synonyms====
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*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἀκριβής}}, {{t|grc|ἀτρεκής}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|pontos}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|tocnoi}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cruinn}}, {{t|ga|beacht}}, {{t|ga|gonta}}, {{t|ga|pointeáilte}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|preciso}}, {{t+|it|esatto}}, {{t+|it|accurato}}
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* West Frisian: {{t|fy|preciis}}
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====See also====
{{col-auto|en
|repeatable<!--precision and repeatability are closely correlated both semantically and mathematically in the sci and engr senses of the words-->
}}
 
===Verb===
{{en-verb}}
 
# {{lb|en|nonstandard|NNES|or|European Union|_|documents|transitive}} To make or render precise; to [[specify]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2011|title= Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the Common Fisheries Policy |passage=This proposal for a new basic regulation is justified because there is a need '''to precise''' the objectives of the CFP.}}
 
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ceeiprs|piecerspercies|pierces|recipes|piecers|recipés}}
 
==Galician==
 
===Verb===
{{head|gl|verb form}}
 
# {{gl-verb form of|precisar}}
 
==Italian==
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