STRICT Definition & Meaning

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strict

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adjective

stricter, strictest.

characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
a strict observance of rituals.
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stringent or exacting in or in enforcing rules, requirements, obligations, etc.:
strict laws; a strict judge.
closely or rigorously enforced or maintained:
strict silence.
exact or precise:
a strict statement of facts.
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extremely defined or conservative; narrowly or carefully limited:
a strict construction of the Constitution.
close, careful, or minute:
a strict search.
absolute, perfect, or complete; utmost:
told in strict confidence.
stern; severe; austere:
strict parents.
Obsolete. drawn tight or close.

strict

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adjective

adhering closely to specified rules, ordinances, etc
a strict faith
complied with or enforced stringently; rigorous
a strict code of conduct
severely correct in attention to rules of conduct or morality
a strict teacher
(of a punishment, etc) harsh; severe
prenominal complete; absolute
in strict secrecy
logic maths of a relation
1. applying more narrowly than some other relation often given the same name, as strict inclusion, which holds only between pairs of sets that are distinct, while simple inclusion permits the case in which they are identical See also proper ordering
2. distinguished from a relation of the same name that is not the subject of formal study
rare.
botany very straight, narrow, and upright
strict panicles

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Derived Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of strict¹

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin strictus, equivalent to strig-, variant stem of stringere “to draw tight” + -tus past participle suffix

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of strict¹

C16: from Latin strictus, from stringere to draw tight

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Synonym Study

Strict, rigid, rigorous, stringent imply inflexibility, severity, and an exacting quality. Strict implies great exactness, especially in the observance or enforcement of rules: strict discipline. Rigid, literally stiff or unbending, applies to that which is (often unnecessarily or narrowly) inflexible: rigid economy. Rigorous, with the same literal meaning, applies to that which is severe, exacting, and uncompromising, especially in action or application: rigorous self-denial. Stringent applies to that which is vigorously exacting and severe: stringent measures to suppress disorder.

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The European Parliament called on Thailand last month to reform the law, which it said was "among the strictest in the world", and grant amnesty to those prosecuted and imprisoned under it.

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The new tests were carried out at the RAF Centre of Aerospace Medicine under strict conditions.

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At “‘Inside Edition,’” she said, she and colleagues “check out and verify every scrap of information that we include in a story; we have standards that are as strict as at the networks.”

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Why were some venues subject to such strict legal requirements about the likes of health and safety, food standards and other things, but not the fundamentals of protecting large gathering of people against terrorism?

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Republican men really mean all this talk about strict gender roles, and women in their party are starting to pay a personal price.

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