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   exacting

   /ɪɡˈzaktɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources: "the exacting standards laid down by the organic food industry" Similar demandinghardtoughstringenttestingchallengingdifficultonerousarduouslaborioustiringtaxinggruellingpunishingback-breakingburdensomeHerculeanarchaic:toilsomerare:exigentOpposite easy

   Derivatives

   • 1. exactingly adverb
   • 2. exactingness noun

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   What does exacting mean?

   • All our aircraft meet exacting safety standards. What is the pronunciation of exacting? 需付出極大努力的, 要求小心仔細的, 要求嚴格的… 需付出极大努力的, 要求小心仔细的, 要求严格的… exigente, riguroso… exigente, rigoroso… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! EXACTING definition: 1. demanding a lot of effort, care, or attention: 2. demanding a lot of effort, care, or….

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   How do you use exacting in a sentence?

   • Use the adjective exacting to describe something or someone very precise or strict in its requirements. If your teacher has exacting standards about spelling and punctuation, you better carefully check your final paper. An exacting person expects things to be, well, exact. For this reason, demanding is a good synonym.

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   What does exact mean in a sentence?

   • An exacting job. Requiring precise accuracy. Present participle of exact. These exacting tasks did not absorb all his energies. Howie described the car, license plate, and man in exacting detail. Every child dreams of slaying dragons, hitting the game-winning homerun, rescuing the oppressed and exacting justice on the villain.

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   What is a synonym for exacting?

   • Some common synonyms of exacting are burdensome, onerous, and oppressive. While all these words mean "imposing hardship," exacting implies rigor or sternness rather than tyranny or injustice in the demands made or in the one demanding. When would burdensome be a good substitute for exacting?

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   The meaning of EXACTING is tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands. How to use exacting in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Exacting.

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   demanding a lot of effort, care, or attention: All our aircraft meet exacting safety standards. (Definition of exacting from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of exacting? Translations of exacting.

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   Use the adjective exacting to describe something or someone very precise or strict in its requirements. If your teacher has exacting standards about spelling and punctuation, you better carefully check your final paper.

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   You use exacting to describe something or someone that demands hard work and a great deal of care.

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   Exacting definition: rigid or severe in demands or requirements. See examples of EXACTING used in a sentence.

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   Definition of exacting adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Synonyms for EXACTING: careful, demanding, particular, finicky, meticulous, nice, fastidious, picky; Antonyms of EXACTING: undemanding, flexible, affable, lackadaisical, carefree, relaxed, lax, low-pressure.