Usually means: Exact, accurate, without any deviation.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word precise:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. precise: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. precise: Merriam-Webster
  3. precise: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. precise: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. precise: Collins English Dictionary
  6. precise: Vocabulary.com
  7. Precise, precise: Wordnik
  8. precise: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. precise: Wiktionary
  10. precise: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. precise: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. precise: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Precise, precise: Dictionary.com
  14. precise: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. precise: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Precise: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Precise: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. precise: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. precise: Rhymezone
  20. precise: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. precise: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. precise: FreeDictionary.org
  23. precise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. precise: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. precise: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. precise: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. precise: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PRECISE: Acronym Finder

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Misunderstood Physics Terms (No longer online)
  2. Precise: Physic and Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. precise: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See preciseness as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (loosely) Both exact and accurate.
adjective:  (sciences, engineering, of data points, strictly) Consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value).
adjective:  Adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious.
verb:  (nonstandard, European Union documents, transitive) To make or render precise; to specify.

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