strict
Etymology
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere ("to draw tight, bind, contract").
Pronunciation- IPA: /stɹɪkt/
strict (comparative stricter, superlative strictest)
- Strained; drawn close; tight.
- strict embrace
- strict ligature
- Tense; not relaxed.
- strict fiber
- Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
- to keep strict watch
- to pay strict attention
- Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
- they are very strict in observing the Sabbath
- 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Hocussing of Cigarette ↗”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC ↗; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831 ↗, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
- No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.
- Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
- to understand words in a strict sense
- (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- Severe in discipline.
- Antonyms: lenient, lax, permissive
- Our teacher was always very strict. If we didn't behave, we would get punished.
- It was a very strict lesson.
- (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
- Italian: stretto
- Portuguese: apertado
- Russian: напряжённый
- Italian: particolare, esatto
- Portuguese: estrito
- Russian: точный
- Portuguese: estrito
- French: strict
- German: streng
- Italian: austero severo
- Portuguese: austero, severo
- Russian: стро́гий
- Spanish: estricto
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