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strict
- /stɹɪkt/
Rhymes with -ɪkt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of strait and stretto. See stringent, strain. Related to strong.
adjective stricter · strictest
- Strained; drawn close; tight. strict embrace
- Tense; not relaxed. strict fiber
- Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular. to keep strict watch
- Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous. they are very strict in observing the Sabbath
- Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted. to understand words in a strict sense
- Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- Severe in discipline. Our teacher was always very strict. If we didn't behave, we would get punished.
- Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
