accurately
part of speech
adverb (accurately; more accurately)
meaning for a pupil
1) In a way that is exactly correct, without mistakes. tree →
2) Hitting or reaching exactly the right point. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Tradition reads this as part of Ezekiel's vision of the future Temple, where careful measuring leads the people to shame and repentance. In the primary lessons: In maths and science pupils must measure accurately, draw accurately with a ruler, and copy numbers accurately. In sport you throw or kick accurately. Phrases: measure accurately, more accurately, to put it accurately.
examples
- Thou, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure accurately. (Prophets EZK.43.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Measure the line accurately with your ruler. tree →
- She kicked the ball accurately into the corner of the goal. tree →
- Copy the numbers accurately or your answer will be wrong. tree →
- The scales weigh the flour accurately to the gram. tree →
- He described the thief accurately to the police. tree →
- Read the scale accurately before you write the temperature. tree →
- Round your answer accurately to one decimal place. tree →
note
From the adjective "accurate"; noun "accuracy". Spelling: two c, one r: accurately. "Accurately" is about being exact; "precisely" is close in meaning. In maths it means do not guess or estimate.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «accurately» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.