Meaning & use
accuracy
The quality of being correct, exact, and free from errors.
See it in a sentence
The report was praised for its accuracy, with every statistic carefully verified.
The archer was known for the accuracy of his shots even at long distances.
A note on using this word
Accuracy refers to how close something is to being correct, while precision refers to how consistent repeated results are; the two are related but not identical.
Words with a similar meaning
precisioncorrectness
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Words with an opposite meaning
inaccuracyerror
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