Food & eating

precision

exactness and accuracy

Precision is the quality of doing or describing something in an exact and accurate way.

B2 common speech & writing

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Why do you prefer chopsticks?

They give me more precision when I'm picking up small pieces of food.

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You need a surprising amount of precision to decorate a small cake.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: The machine works with high precise.

Say: The machine works with high precision.

Use the noun “precision” after “high,” rather than the adjective “precise.”

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How it fits in a sentence.

precision in something; with precision

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You need a surprising amount of precision to decorate a small cake.

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precision

exactness and accuracy

“You need a surprising amount of precision to decorate a small cake.”

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