accurate
adj.adj. correct and true in every detail. You use this when you want to say that information or a measurement has no mistakes.
adj. conforming exactly to truth or to a standard; free from error or defect. Often used to describe data, measurements, or descriptions that represent reality precisely.
The weather forecast was very accurate today.
Scientists need to provide accurate data so that the government can make the right decisions about the environment.
While the historical novel captures the atmosphere of the era, critics noted that it is not entirely accurate regarding the specific dates of the royal succession.
First attested in the 1610's with the now obsolete sense "done with care", and from the 1650's with the sense "precise, exact". Borrowed from Latin accūrātus (“done with care”), perfect passive participle of accūrō (“take care of”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + cūrō (“take care”), from cūra (“care”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Compare English cure.
Commonly modified by degree adverbs like 'highly', 'remarkably', or 'strictly'.
The clock is very precisionThe clock is very accurateLearners sometimes use the noun 'precision' or the related adjective 'precise' when 'accurate' is the correct term for correctness against a standard.