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noun

accuracy

CEFR B1

the quality of being near to the true value

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Six example sentences with accuracy, each labelled with its topic.

  • Ranked players obsess over shot accuracy, since the scoreboard rewards landing forty of fifty rounds rather than firing fast.

    Gaming

  • The new blood test gained approval because its accuracy matched the biopsy result in ninety eight of a hundred cases.

    Medicine

  • Laser scanning brought the survey to an accuracy of two millimeters, so the prefabricated panels met the old wall exactly.

    Architecture

  • Her free throw accuracy climbed from seventy to ninety percent after she stopped changing her routine every week.

    Basketball

  • The balance has an accuracy of a tenth of a milligram, provided nobody opens the lab door while it settles.

    Science

  • The bank tracks the accuracy of its own forecasts, and last year's revenue guess missed the real figure by two percent.

    Finance

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