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Adjective exacting has 3 senses
- fastidious, exacting - having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"
- stern, strict, exacting - severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
Antonym: undemanding (indirect, via demanding)
- exigent, exacting - requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation"
Antonym: undemanding (indirect, via demanding)
Verb exact has 2 senses
- demand, exact - claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan"
--1 is one way to claim
Sample sentence:
The banks exact the check
- claim, take, exact - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
--2 is one way to necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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