accuracy

noun

The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness

Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.

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exactnessn precisenessn precisionn exactituden correctnessn punctualityn minutenessn meticulousnessn rightnessn scrupulousnessn

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The word accuracy breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root cur-, from Latin cura (“care”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.