🎯 precise
pre‧cise W3 AC /prɪˈsaɪs/ adjective
👨👩👦👦 [Word Family: adjective: precise ≠ imprecise, precision; noun: precision ≠ imprecision; adverb: precisely ≠ imprecisely]
🌳 [Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: précis, from Latin praecisus, from praecidere 'to cut off']
1️⃣ 1. precise information, details etc are exact, clear, and correct SYN exact:
• precise sales figures
• It was difficult to get precise information.
• ‘She’s a lot older than you, isn’t she?’ ‘Fifteen years, to be precise.’
2️⃣ 2. [only before noun] used to emphasize that you are referring to an exact thing SYN exact:
• At that precise moment, her husband walked in.
• The precise cause of the disease is unknown.
• the precise location of the ship
• the precise nature of their agreement
#Vocabulary #Precise #AWL #B2
pre‧cise W3 AC /prɪˈsaɪs/ adjective
👨👩👦👦 [Word Family: adjective: precise ≠ imprecise, precision; noun: precision ≠ imprecision; adverb: precisely ≠ imprecisely]
🌳 [Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: précis, from Latin praecisus, from praecidere 'to cut off']
1️⃣ 1. precise information, details etc are exact, clear, and correct SYN exact:
• precise sales figures
• It was difficult to get precise information.
• ‘She’s a lot older than you, isn’t she?’ ‘Fifteen years, to be precise.’
2️⃣ 2. [only before noun] used to emphasize that you are referring to an exact thing SYN exact:
• At that precise moment, her husband walked in.
• The precise cause of the disease is unknown.
• the precise location of the ship
• the precise nature of their agreement
#Vocabulary #Precise #AWL #B2