-cise, -cis, -cide

1. Not exact or accurate.
2. Not well-defined; not precise; vague.

Lacking precision; not precise.

1. To cut into something, especially a body part during surgery.
2. To engrave or carve something: to carve or engrave a pattern or design into something.
3. From French inciser from Latin incis-, past participle of incidere "cut into" and previously from caedere "to cut".

1. A cut or the act of cutting, especially when performed by a surgeon.
2. A cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery; the scar resulting from such a cut.
3. A sharp indentation in the edge of a leaf.
4. The fact or quality of being quick to understand or able to express something clearly.
5. The condition or quality of being incisive; incisiveness.

1. Quick to understand, analyze, or act.
2. Characterized by clear and direct expression.
3. Penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression: "an incisive mind"; "incisive comments".
4. Marked by clear, penetrating thought; mentally "sharp": "incisive remarks".

1. A tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws.
2. One of the flat sharp-edged teeth in the front of the mouth, used for cutting and tearing food.
3. In mammals, one of the four sharp teeth located between the canines in each jaw at the front of the mouth.
4. A tooth adapted for cutting or gnawing, located at the front of the mouth along the apex of the dental arch.
5. From Modern Latin incisor, literally, "that which cuts into," from Latin incisus, past participle of incidere.

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1. Exact and accurate, or detailed and specific; clearly stated or strictly delineated.
2. Very careful about small details, especially of correct behavior.
3. Indicating that something is the exact one that is being referred to: "At that precise moment, in he came."
4. Able to assimilate details or wanting to be given details; being strict or rigid, as in the observance of rules or customs.
5. Distinct and correct; very distinct, as speech: "He was a very precise speaker."

1. Used to indicate that something is stated exactly: "That is precisely what I mean."
2. With absolute accuracy: "Instruments that must be adjusted precisely before they can be used."
3. In a precise manner.
4. Used as an intensive: Inferior equipment was precisely the reason some hikers refused to continue the climb.
5. In complete and accurate detail: "Tell me precisely what happened."
6. Clearly and distinctly: "She speaks very precisely."
7. Used to add emphasis when specifying something: It was precisely because you didn't ask that she thought you didn't need her help."
8. Used to indicate complete agreement with what has been said: "Fine, but I don't think they can be relied on." "Precisely."

1. Clarity as a consequence of precision.
2. The quality of being reproducible in an amount or performance: "She handled it with the preciseness of an automaton." "Note the meticulous precision of his measurements."
3. Synonym: precision; antonym: impreciseness.

1. The quality of being sharply or exactly defined; for example, a measurement with three significant figures is more precise than a measurement with two; a degree of accuracy.
2. In statistics, the extent to which a measurement procedure gives the same results when repeated under identical conditions.
3. Someone who is concerned about correct rules and behavior; especially, in moral and religious matters.
4. Someone who is strict and precise in adherence to established rules, forms, or standards.