# exacting

Pronunciation: US say "ig-ZAK-ting" /ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ/; UK

## Adjective

1. Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention to be done properly.
   - Simple: Needing a lot of care, effort, and attention to do right.
   - _The exacting process of calibrating the instruments left no room for error._
   - _Surgeons train for years to handle such exacting procedures._
2. Making great demands on those involved; difficult to please or satisfy.
   - Simple: Wanting a lot from people and never easy to please.
   - _The director was exacting, insisting on dozens of retakes for a single scene._
   - _An exacting client rejected three proposals before approving one._
4. Marked by the forcible demanding or levying of payments, taxes, or dues.
   - Simple: Marked by forcing people to hand over money or goods, often unfairly.
   - _The exacting policies of the regime drained the peasantry of their savings._
   - _Under such an exacting landlord, tenants surrendered most of their harvest._

## Verb

3. Present participle of exact. — present participle and gerund of exact
   - Simple: Present participle of exact. Use this -ing form when the act of demanding or collecting is happening.
   - _The empire grew rich by exacting tribute from conquered territories._
   - _He was exacting a steep price for his silence._

## Origin

Formed from the word "exact" combined with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/exacting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).