Definition: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
Usage: the accident claimed three lives; The hard work took its toll on her
Similar words: take, necessitate, need, ask, require, postulate, call for, involve, demand
Definition: require as useful, just, or proper
Usage: It takes nerve to do what she did; success usually requires hard work; This job asks a lot of patience and skill; This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice; This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert; This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
Definition: claim as due or just
Usage: The bank demanded payment of the loan
Similar words: claim
Definition: ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
Usage: They claimed on the maximum allowable amount
Synonyms: precise, accurate, exact
Definition: (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct
Usage: a precise image; a precise measurement
Definition: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
Usage: the correct answer; the correct version; the right answer; took the right road; the right decision
Synonyms: exact
Definition: marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
Usage: an exact mind; an exact copy; hit the exact center of the target
Similar words: direct, verbatim
Definition: in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
Usage: a direct quotation; repeated their dialog verbatim
Similar words: literal
Definition: without interpretation or embellishment
Usage: a literal depiction of the scene before him
Similar words: mathematical
Definition: characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics
Usage: mathematical precision
Similar words: perfect
Definition: precisely accurate or exact
Usage: perfect timing
Similar words: photographic
Definition: representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph
Similar words: rigorous, strict
Definition: rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
Usage: rigorous application of the law; a strict vegetarian