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- Dictionaryexacting/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 Opposite
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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.
EXACTING definition: 1. demanding a lot of effort, care, or attention: 2. demanding a lot of effort, care, or…. Learn more.
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.
exacting. (ɪgzæktɪŋ ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You use exacting to describe something or someone that demands hard work and a great deal of care. The Duke was not well enough to carry out such an exacting task. Privately they seem to have the same exacting standards.
Exacting definition: rigid or severe in demands or requirements. See examples of EXACTING used in a sentence.
Definition of exacting adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
EXACTING meaning: 1. demanding a lot of effort, care, or attention: 2. demanding a lot of effort, care, or…. Learn more.
Synonyms for EXACTING: careful, demanding, particular, finicky, meticulous, nice, fastidious, picky; Antonyms of EXACTING: undemanding, flexible, affable, lackadaisical, carefree, relaxed, lax, low-pressure.
to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain; to call for as necessary or desirable… See the full definition
Define exacting. exacting synonyms, exacting pronunciation, exacting translation, English dictionary definition of exacting. adj. 1. Making severe demands; rigorous: an exacting instructor. 2. Requiring great care, effort, or attention: an exacting task. ex·act′ing·ly adv....
