precise

Alternative forms

• præcise (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French précis, from Latin praecisus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈsaɪs/
• Rhymes: -aɪs
• Hyphenation: pre‧cise

Adjective

precise (comparative more precise, superlative most precise)

1. Exact, accurate.
   • 1921, Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Mind:

     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.

2. (sciences) Of experimental results, consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other. This does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value.
   • 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:

     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.

Verb

precise (third-person singular simple present precises, present participle precising, simple past and past participle precised)

1. (used by non-native speakers or in jargons, e.g. EU English, transitive) To make or render precise.
   • 2011, Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the Common Fisheries Policy:

     This proposal for a new basic regulation is justified because there is a need to precise the objectives of the CFP.

Anagrams

• piecers, pierces, recipes

Adjective

precise f pl

1. feminine plural of preciso

Participle

precise f pl

1. feminine plural of preciso

Verb

precise

1. third-person singular past historic of precidere

Anagrams

• perisce

Verb

precise

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of precisar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of precisar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of precisar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of precisar

Verb

precise

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of precisar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of precisar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of precisar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of precisar.