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ex·act·ing

(ĭg-zăk′tĭng)

adj.

1. Making severe demands; rigorous: an exacting instructor.

2. Requiring great care, effort, or attention: an exacting task.

ex·act′ing·ly adv.

ex·act′ing·ness n.

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exacting

(ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ)

adj

making rigorous or excessive demands: an exacting job.

exˈactingly adv

exˈactingness n

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ex•act•ing

(ɪgˈzæk tɪŋ)

adj.

1. rigid or severe in demands or requirements: an exacting teacher.

2. requiring close application or attention: an exacting task.

3. given to or characterized by exaction; extortionate.

[1575–85]

ex•act′ing•ly, adv.

ex•act′ing•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	exacting - having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements" fastidious microbiology - the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans
	2.	exacting - severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" stern, strict demanding - requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"
	3.	exacting - requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation" exigent demanding - requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"

exacting

adjective

1. demanding, hard, taxing, difficult, tough, painstaking He was not well enough to carry out such an exacting task.
demanding easy, simple, effortless, undemanding, no bother, easy-peasy (slang)

2. strict, severe, harsh, stern, rigid, rigorous, stringent, oppressive, imperious, unsparing Our new manager has very exacting standards.

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exacting

adjective

1. Rigorous and unsparing in treating others:

demanding, hard, harsh, rigid, severe, stern, strict, tough, unyielding.

2. Very difficult to please:

choosy, dainty, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nice, particular, persnickety, squeamish.

Informal: picky.

3. Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength:

arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, rough, severe, taxing, tough, trying, weighty.

Translations

مُتَطَلِّب، صارِم

krævende

anspruchsvoll

exigente

astreignant laborieux pénible

sokat követelõ

kröfuharîur

esigente

fordringsfull

güç beğenentitiz

吃力的

exacting

[ɪgˈzæktɪŋ] ADJ [task, activity, profession] → duro; [boss, person] → exigente; [conditions] → severo, riguroso

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exacting

[ɪgˈzæktɪŋ] adj

[person] → exigeant(e)

[work, task] → fatigant(e)

exacting

adj person, work, task → anspruchsvoll; standards, demands → hoch; detail → peinlich genau; to be very exacting → sehr viel verlangen; he’s very exacting about cleanliness → er ist peinlich genau, was Sauberkeit angeht, er nimmt es mit der Sauberkeit sehr genau

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exacting

[ɪgˈzæktɪŋ] adj (task, profession, work) → impegnativo/a; (person) → esigente

exact

(igˈzӕkt) adjective

1. absolutely accurate or correct in every detail; the same in every detail; precise. What are the exact measurements of the room?; For this recipe the quantities must be absolutely exact; an exact copy; What is the exact time?; He walked in at that exact moment.

2. (of a person, his mind etc) capable of being accurate over small details. Accountants have to be very exact.

verb

to force the payment of or giving of. We should exact fines from everyone who drops litter on the streets.

exˈacting adjective

requiring much effort or work from a person. a very exacting job.

exˈactly adverb

1. just; quite; absolutely. He's exactly the right man for the job.

2. in accurate detail; precisely. Work out the prices exactly; What exactly did you say?

3. used as a reply meaning `I quite agree'.

exˈactness noun

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The bondage of art is very exacting. And, as the writer of the article which started this train of thought says with lovable warmth, the sailing of yachts is a fine art.

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"I," said his Chief, Exacting and brief, "I'll give him the spur."

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Meantime, I searched, with great interest, the advertising columns of the newspapers, and wrote answers to every 'Wanted a Governess' that appeared at all eligible; but all my letters, as well as the replies, when I got any, were dutifully shown to my mother; and she, to my chagrin, made me reject the situations one after another: these were low people, these were too exacting in their demands, and these too niggardly in their remuneration.