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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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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.
The meaning of EXACTING is tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands. How to use exacting in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Exacting.
You use exacting to describe something or someone that demands hard work and a great deal of care. He was not well enough to carry out such an exacting task. American English : exacting / ɪgˈzæktɪŋ /
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.
adj. 1. rigid or severe in demands or requirements: an exacting teacher. 2. requiring close application or attention: an exacting task. 3. given to or characterized by exaction; extortionate. [1575–85] ex•act′ing•ly, adv. ex•act′ing•ness, n.
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. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ex‧act‧ing /ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ/ adjective demanding a lot of effort, careful work, or skill SYN demanding She was an exacting woman to work for. exacting standards/demands/requirements etc He could never live up to his father’s exacting standards.
Exacting Definition. ĭg-zăktĭng. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Verb. Filter. adjective. Making severe or excessive demands; not easily satisfied; strict. An exacting teacher. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Demanding great care, patience, effort, etc.; arduous. An exacting job. Webster's New World.
strict or rigorous. capable of the greatest precision: exact instruments. characterized by or using strict accuracy: an exact thinker.
