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precis
precise /preˈtʃis/
adjective#2767 most common
Also: exact, exactly (adverbial use), accurate
Example sentences
Ceasul este precis.
The clock is precise.
Vino precis la ora nouă.
Come exactly at nine o'clock.
Ai nevoie de un răspuns precis.
You need a precise answer.
Nu știu precis unde locuiește acum.
I don't know exactly where he lives now.
Instrumentele de măsurare trebuie să fie extrem de precise.
The measuring instruments must be extremely precise.
Comisia a solicitat o evaluare mai precisă a riscurilor asociate proiectului, subliniind necesitatea unor date verificabile.
The committee requested a more precise assessment of the risks tied to the project, stressing the need for verifiable data.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | precis / precisă | preciși / precise |
| Genitive | precis / precise | preciși / precise |
| Accusative | precis / precisă | preciși / precise |
| Vocative | None | None |
Word family
precizato specify, to clarify
precizieprecision, accuracy
imprecisimprecise
imprecizieimprecision
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "precis" from French "précis" during the nineteenth-century push to re-Latinize the language's vocabulary. The French word traces to Latin "praecisus," the past participle of "praecidere," meaning to cut off in front or to cut short. The sense shifted from a literal cut to a figurative one: something trimmed down to its exact, essential point.
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