precision
[noun]
Synonyms: exactness, accuracy, care, meticulousness, particularity, preciseness

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Antonyms: imprecision
Contrasted words: inaccuracy, incorrectness, indefiniteness, inexactness, obscurity, unclearness, vagueness, unreliability, untrustworthiness
Related Words: care, carefulness, attention, heed

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. pre‧ci‧sion¹ AC /prɪˈsɪʒən/ noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: adjective: precise ≠ imprecise, precision; noun: precision ≠ imprecision; adverb: precisely ≠ imprecisely]
the quality of being very exact or correct
with precision
The work was carried out with military precision (=the work was done in a carefully planned and exact way).

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. precision² AC adjective [only before noun]
[Word Family: adjective: precise ≠ imprecise, precision; noun: precision ≠ imprecision; adverb: precisely ≠ imprecisely]

1. made or done in a very exact way:
precision engineering
precision bombing

2. precision tool/instrument a precision tool or instrument is used for making or measuring something in a very exact way

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

precision
noun
ADJ. absolute | great, high high precision measurement tools
analytical, mathematical, military, surgical, technical He organized the team with military precision.
QUANT. degree Chimps are able to manipulate objects with a high degree of precision.
VERB + PRECISION call for, demand, require surgery which requires great precision
PRECISION + NOUN engineering | bombing
PREP. with ~ These items cannot be dated with any precision.
~ in a new era of precision in engineering
PHRASES a lack of precision Any lack of precision in the contract could give rise to a dispute.

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