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akurat

//aˈku.rat/ | /aˈku.rat/ | /aˈku.rat/ | [aˈku.rat]/
Polishparticleadvintj

Definitions

  1. 1.
    used to emphasize the accuracy of information: just, exactly, precisely, to be exact, to be precise
    • Jest akurat pięć jabłek.

      There's five apples, to be precise.

  2. 2.
    used to provide emphasis on a particular object, and draw attention away from other objects: exactly, precisely, actually
    • Akurat te jabłka zjem.

      I'm actually going to eat these apples (and not the other ones).

  3. 3.
    at the moment, at this very moment
    • Akurat myślałem o tobie!

      I was actually just thinking about you!

  4. 4.
    completely, absolutely, entirely, totally (in a way not lacking anything)
  5. 5.
    entirely the same
  6. 6.
    tell me another!, nothing of the kind!, a likely story!, yeah, right!
    • "A potem zjadł wszystkie jabłka!" "Akurat!"

      "And then he ate all the apples!" "Yeah, right!"

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-der. Proto-Italic *kʷoizā Latin cūra Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cūrō Latin accūrō Latin accūrātusder. German akkuratbor. Polish akurat Borrowed from German akkurat. First attested in 1807. Compare Kashubian akùrôt and Slovincian akúrot.

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