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.
- very strict in observing the Sabbath
- 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.
- 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.
- Portuguese: apertado
- Portuguese: estrito
- Portuguese: estrito
- French: strict
- German: streng
- Italian: austero severo
- Portuguese: austero, severo
- Russian: стро́гий
- Spanish: estricto
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