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ac·cu·rate Listen to audio/ˈækjərət/ adjective
[more accurate; most accurate] 1 : free from mistakes or errors
The model is accurate down to the tiniest details. an accurate account/record/report/description Her novel is historically accurate. He needed a more accurate [=precise] term to describe the procedure. an accurate throw/shot [=a throw/shot that does not miss its target]opposite inaccurate
2 : able to produce results that are correct : not making mistakes
an accurate reporter an accurate measuring device The machines were not yet accurate enough to give useful results.opposite inaccurate
— ac·cu·rate·ly adverb
It is very difficult to accurately predict the weather. The book's title does not accurately reflect its subject.
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