accurate

正確な

事実や数値、細部を正しく表していること。

やさしい英語で： Correct and close to the true facts, numbers, or details.

• These figures are accurate.
• We need an accurate description of the car.
• How accurate is this report?

類義語： correct, exact, precise

反対語： inaccurate, incorrect

よく使う表現： accurate information, accurate description, accurate figures, accurate clock

ほぼ正確な

役に立つ、または受け入れられる程度に、真の値や結果に近いこと。

やさしい英語で： Close enough to the true value or result to be useful or acceptable.

• Her estimate was fairly accurate.
• The forecast was reasonably accurate for the whole week.
• These measurements are accurate to within one millimeter.

使い方： accurate to within something (The estimate is accurate to within ten dollars.)

類義語： close, precise

反対語： inaccurate

よく使う表現： reasonably accurate, fairly accurate, accurate estimate