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# accuracy

«accuracy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being correct and exact, with no mistakes** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (accuracy, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being correct and exact, with no mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuracy/#m1)

2) The skill of hitting or reaching exactly what you aim at. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuracy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and science: measure with accuracy, give an answer to an accuracy of one decimal place. In sport: shooting accuracy. In writing: checking facts for accuracy. Phrases: with accuracy, degree of accuracy, check for accuracy, to the nearest.

### examples

- Measure the line with accuracy using a ruler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuracy/#x1)
- Give your answer to an accuracy of one decimal place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuracy/#x2)
- The darts player is known for her accuracy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuracy/#x3)
- Check your spelling for accuracy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuracy/#x4)
- The weather forecast has improved in accuracy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuracy/#x5)
- Speed matters, but accuracy matters more in the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuracy/#x6)
- This careful accuracy has given an un-English air to his versions, and has prevented them attaining their due popularity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuracy/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: no "an accuracy". Adjective: accurate; opposite: inaccuracy. In science, accuracy means how close to the true value; precision means how close repeated measurements are to each other — a common confusion.

### In the corpora

- [A correction is a notice fixing a mistake in a news story; admitting mistakes shows a news source cares about accuracy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «accuracy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuracy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.