exacting
/ig'zæktiɳ/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Requiring precise accuracy or great care: Describes tasks, standards, or conditions that demand meticulous attention to detail and flawless execution.
- Severe and unremitting in making demands: Characterizes a person, such as a teacher or supervisor, who is very strict and insists on high standards without compromise.
- Having complicated or specific requirements: Used in technical contexts (e.g., biology) to describe organisms that need very particular conditions to survive or grow.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- Surgery is an exacting profession that requires steady hands and intense concentration.
- The exacting coach pushed the team to their limits during every practice.
- This orchid species is exacting in its requirements for humidity and light.
Advanced Usage
- "to be exacting in one's standards": to have very high and demanding criteria.
- The master chef was exacting in his standards for ingredient freshness.
- "to make exacting demands on": to place stringent requirements on someone or something.
- The new software makes exacting demands on the computer's processor.
Variants and Related Words
- Exact (verb): To demand and obtain something, typically a payment or action.
- The king exacted tribute from the conquered provinces.
- Exactitude (noun): The quality of being precise or accurate.
- The success of the experiment depended on the exactitude of the measurements.
- Exactingness (noun): The quality of being demanding or requiring great care.
- The exactingness of the task was understood by all team members.
Synonyms
- Demanding: Requiring much skill, effort, or attention.
- Stringent: (Of regulations or requirements) strict, precise, and exacting.
- Fastidious: Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
- Rigorous: Extremely thorough, exhaustive, or accurate.
Antonyms
- Undemanding: Requiring little effort or care.
- Lenient: (Of rules or a person) more permissive or tolerant than strict.
- Easygoing: Relaxed and tolerant in attitude or manner.
Related Phrases
- An exacting task/job: A piece of work that is very demanding and requires precision.
- Proofreading legal documents is an exacting task.
- Under exacting conditions: In a situation where the standards or environmental requirements are very strict.
- The bacteria were cultivated under exacting conditions in the laboratory.
Adjective
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requiring precise accuracy
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an exacting job
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became more exigent over his pronunciation
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severe and unremitting in making demands
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an exacting instructor
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a stern disciplinarian
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strict standards
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having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
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fastidious microorganisms
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certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements
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