All 5 Uses of
precise
in
Measure for Measure
- Believe me, this may be: he promised to meet me two hours since, and he was ever precise in promise-keeping.†
Scene 1.2
- Moe reasons for this action At our more leisure shall I render you; Only, this one:—Lord Angelo is precise; Stands at a guard with envy; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone: hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be.†
Scene 1.4
- If it please your honour, I know not well what they are; but precise villains they are, that I am sure of; and void of all profanation in the world that good Christians ought to have.†
Scene 2.1
- The precise Angelo?†
Scene 3.1 *
- O, 'tis the cunning livery of hell The damned'st body to invest and cover In precise guards!†
Scene 3.1
Definition:
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(precise as in: about noon; 12:03 to be precise) exact (accurate)editor's notes: In the fields of science, engineering, and statistics, precise and accurate are not properly used as synonyms the way they are in general usage.
If you throw darts at a dartboard and keep missing the bullseye, but hit in the same place on the dartboard each time, you would be described as precise, but not accurate.
If you seldom hit the bullseye, but tended to get close each time, you would be described as accurate, but not precise.
Finally, if you hit the bullseye each time, you would be considered both accurate and precise.