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"possibly"
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"comparative"
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"word": "inexact"
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{
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"ref": "1921, Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Mind",
"text": "A memory is \"precise\" when the occurrences that would verify it are narrowly circumscribed: for instance, \"I met Jones\" is precise as compared to \"I met a man.\" A memory is \"accurate\" when it is both precise and true, i.e. in the above instance, if it was Jones I met.",
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{
"ref": "2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 7",
"text": "Individually, some of these definitions fall into the common definitional trap of being overly precise.",
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"Exact, accurate."
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"code": "ase",
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"note": "SmallO@NearTipThumb-PalmDown-SmallO@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesSurface Contact",
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"sense": "exact",
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{
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"_dis1": "83 13 4",
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"word": "esatto"
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"word": "accurato"
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"word": "ត្រឹម"
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"sense": "exact",
"word": "정확한"
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"_dis1": "83 13 4",
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"sense": "exact",
"word": "exāctus"
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"_dis1": "83 13 4",
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"sense": "exact",
"word": "precīzs"
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"word": "нарийн"
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"word": "presis"
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{
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"word": "precís"
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"word": "دقیق"
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"word": "precyzyjny"
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"word": "pongail"
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{
"_dis1": "83 13 4",
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"word": "preciso"
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{
"_dis1": "83 13 4",
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"sense": "exact",
"word": "concreto"
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"word": "precis"
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"_dis1": "83 13 4",
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"sense": "exact",
"word": "แม่นยำ"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "preciso"
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{
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"word": "concreto"
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{
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{
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"word": "exakt"
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{
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{
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{
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