"accuracy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈakjʊɹəsi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈakjəɹəsi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-accuracy.ogg [US] Forms: accuracies [plural]
Etymology: * First attested in the 1660s. * accurate + -cy Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|accurate|cy}} accurate + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} accuracy (countable and uncountable, plural accuracies)
  1. The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of being accurate): ἀκρίβεια (akríbeia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), دِقَّة (diqqa) [feminine] (Arabic), دِقَّة (digga) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), dəqiqlik (Azerbaijani), düzgünlük (Azerbaijani), акура́тност (akurátnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), то́чност (tóčnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), преци́зност (precíznost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), exactitud [feminine] (Catalan), precisió [feminine] (Catalan), دروستی (drustî) (Central Kurdish), ڕێکی (rêkî) (Central Kurdish), 準確度 (Chinese Mandarin), 准确度 (zhǔnquèdù) (Chinese Mandarin), 準確性 (Chinese Mandarin), 准确性 (zhǔnquèxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), přesnost [feminine] (Czech), nøjagtighed [common-gender] (Danish), præcision [common-gender] (Danish), nauwkeurigheid (Dutch), precisie (Dutch), ekzakto (Esperanto), täpsus (Estonian), tarkkuus (Finnish), exactitude (French), précision (French), precisión [feminine] (Galician), Genauigkeit [feminine] (German), Sorgfalt [feminine] (German), Exaktheit [feminine] (German), Richtigkeit [feminine] (German), Fehlerfreiheit [feminine] (German), pontosság (Hungarian), helyesség (Hungarian), precizitás (Hungarian), ketelitian (Indonesian), ketepatan (Indonesian), kecermatan (Indonesian), keakuratan (Indonesian), exactitude (Interlingua), precision (Interlingua), ᓇᓛᒎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅ (nalaacoottiarniq) (Inuktitut), cruinneas [masculine] (Irish), esattezza (Italian), precisione (Italian), accuratezza [feminine] (Italian), acribia [feminine] (Italian), 正確性 (seikakusei) (alt: せいかくせい) (Japanese), 正確さ (seikaku-sa) (alt: せいかくさ) (Japanese), 精密性 (seimitsusei) (alt: せいみつせい) (Japanese), 精密さ (seimitsu-sa) (alt: せいみつさ) (Japanese), 確度 (kakudo) (alt: かくど) (Japanese), прецизност (preciznost) [feminine] (Macedonian), точност (točnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), kejituan (Malay), ketepatan (Malay), kebenaran (Malay), eżattezza [feminine] (Maltese), tikapūtanga (Maori), nøyaktighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), riktighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), درستی (dorosti) (Persian), صحت (sehat) (Persian), dokładność [feminine] (Polish), akuratność [feminine] (Polish), exatidão [feminine] (Portuguese), precisão [feminine] (Portuguese), correção [feminine] (Portuguese), apuramento (Portuguese), precizie [feminine] (Romanian), acuratețe [feminine] (Romanian), exactitate [feminine] (Romanian), то́чность (tóčnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), та̏чно̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), то̏чно̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), прецизност [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tȁčnōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tȍčnōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), preciznost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), exactitud (Spanish), precisión [feminine] (Spanish), tino [masculine] (Spanish), noggrannhet [common-gender] (Swedish), ఖచ్చితత్వం (khaccitatvaṁ) (Telugu), точність (točnistʹ) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-accuracy-en-noun-jmmbRiCx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'state of being accurate': 96 4
  2. Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-accuracy-en-noun-H339CSc9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: correctness, truthfulness Derived forms: hyperaccuracy, overaccuracy Related terms: precision, integrity, exactness, fidelity

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "state of being accurate",
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          "roman": "precíznost",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "преци́зност"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "state of being accurate",
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          "word": "準確度"
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
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          "word": "täpsus"
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          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "tarkkuus"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Exaktheit"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Richtigkeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Fehlerfreiheit"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "akríbeia",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ἀκρίβεια"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "pontosság"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "helyesség"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "precizitás"
        },
        {
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "ketelitian"
        },
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "ketepatan"
        },
        {
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "kecermatan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "keakuratan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "exactitude"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "precision"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "iu",
          "lang": "Inuktitut",
          "roman": "nalaacoottiarniq",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "ᓇᓛᒎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cruinneas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "esattezza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "precisione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "accuratezza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "acribia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "alt": "せいかくせい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "seikakusei",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "正確性"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "alt": "せいかくさ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "seikaku-sa",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "正確さ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "alt": "せいみつせい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "seimitsusei",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "精密性"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "alt": "せいみつさ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "seimitsu-sa",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "精密さ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "alt": "かくど",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kakudo",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "確度"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "drustî",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "دروستی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "rêkî",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "ڕێکی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "preciznost",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "прецизност"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "točnost",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "точност"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "kejituan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "ketepatan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "kebenaran"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "eżattezza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "tikapūtanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nøyaktighet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "riktighet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dorosti",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "درستی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sehat",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "صحت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dokładność"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "akuratność"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "exatidão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "precisão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "correção"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "word": "apuramento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "precizie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "acuratețe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "exactitate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tóčnostʹ",
          "sense": "state of being accurate",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "то́чность"
        },
        {
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      "code": "ar",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "az",
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      "word": "dəqiqlik"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "düzgünlük"
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "акура́тност"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "bg",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "precisió"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "準確度"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǔnquèdù",
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    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "zhǔnquèxìng",
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    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "da",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "nøjagtighed"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
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    },
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      "word": "nauwkeurigheid"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "ekzakto"
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      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "täpsus"
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "tarkkuus"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "exactitude"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Sorgfalt"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Exaktheit"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ἀκρίβεια"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "pontosság"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "helyesség"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "precizitás"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "ketelitian"
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      "code": "id",
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      "code": "id",
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      "code": "id",
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      "code": "ia",
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      "word": "precision"
    },
    {
      "code": "iu",
      "lang": "Inuktitut",
      "roman": "nalaacoottiarniq",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "ᓇᓛᒎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cruinneas"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "esattezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "precisione"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acribia"
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      "alt": "せいかくせい",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "seikakusei",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "正確性"
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    {
      "alt": "せいかくさ",
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      "alt": "せいみつせい",
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
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      "alt": "せいみつさ",
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    {
      "alt": "かくど",
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "دروستی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
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      "roman": "rêkî",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "ڕێکی"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "preciznost",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "mk",
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    {
      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "kejituan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "ketepatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "kebenaran"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "eżattezza"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "tikapūtanga"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nøyaktighet"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "state of being accurate",
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      "word": "riktighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dorosti",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "درستی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sehat",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "صحت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dokładność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "akuratność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exatidão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "precisão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "correção"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "apuramento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "precizie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acuratețe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exactitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tóčnostʹ",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "то́чность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "та̏чно̄ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "то̏чно̄ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прецизност"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tȁčnōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tȍčnōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preciznost"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "exactitud"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "precisión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tino"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "noggrannhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "khaccitatvaṁ",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "ఖచ్చితత్వం"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "točnistʹ",
      "sense": "state of being accurate",
      "word": "точність"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "accuracy"
  ],
  "word": "accuracy"
}

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