exact
verb/ɪɡˈzækt/
/ɪɡˈzækt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they exact | /ɪɡˈzækt/ /ɪɡˈzækt/ |
| he / she / it exacts | /ɪɡˈzækts/ /ɪɡˈzækts/ |
| past simple exacted | /ɪɡˈzæktɪd/ /ɪɡˈzæktɪd/ |
| past participle exacted | /ɪɡˈzæktɪd/ /ɪɡˈzæktɪd/ |
| -ing form exacting | /ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ/ /ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ/ |
- exact something (from somebody) to demand and get something from somebody
- She was determined to exact a promise from him.
- No doubt they will exact payment in due course.
- to make something bad happen to somebody
- exact something He exacted (= took) a terrible revenge for their treatment of him.
- exact something from somebody Stress can exact a high price from workers (= can affect them badly).
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Latin exact- ‘completed, ascertained, enforced’, from the verb exigere, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + agere ‘perform’. The adjective dates from the mid 16th cent. and reflects the Latin exactus ‘precise’.
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