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accurate

/ˈækjəət/A-kyur-uht
/ˈækjɚət/A-kyur-uht

Meaningdone with care

Common meaning: correct in every detail

‘to, towards’ + ‘care, concern’ → accurate

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SKAW‘look, see, perceive, beware of’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 410, p. 744 · scan
  2. Latincūra‘care, concern’
  3. Englishaccurate‘correct in every detail’ · today

ac- also in: accessaccordaccostaccrueaccuse

cur also in: curecurfewcurioussecureprocure

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin cūra ‘care, concern’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry cūra, p. 500 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CURFEW, p. 147 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • cūra Latin “care, concern”

Related words

curecurfewcuriousprocuresecure

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