1 clear and accurate:
precise details / instructions / measurements * Can you give a more precise definition of the word? * I can be reasonably precise about the time of the incident.
2 [onlybeforenoun] used to emphasize that sth happens at a particular time or in a particular way:
We were just talking about her when, at that precise moment, she walked in. * Doctors found it hard to establish the precise nature of her illness.
3 taking care to be exact and accurate, especially about small details:
a skilled and precise worker * small, precise movements * (disapproving) She's rather prim and precise.
IDIOMS
to be (more) precise used to show that you are giving more detailed and accurate information about sth you have just mentioned:
The shelf is about a metre long-well, 98cm, to be precise.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for precise is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is precise a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, precise is tagged as adjective.
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