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strict

adj
/stɹɪkt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of strait and stretto. See stringent, strain. Related to strong.

  1. borrowed from strictus

Definitions

  1. Strained

    Strained; drawn close; tight.

    • strict embrace
    • strict ligature

  2. Tense

    Tense; not relaxed.

    • strict fiber

  3. Exact

    Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.

    • to keep strict watch
    • to pay strict attention
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Governed or governing by exact rules

      Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.

      • they are very strict in observing the Sabbath
      • 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.

    2. Rigidly interpreted

      Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.

      • to understand words in a strict sense

    3. Upright, or straight and narrow

      Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.

    4. Severe in discipline.

      • Our teacher was always very strict. If we didn't behave, we would get punished.
      • It was a very strict lesson.

    5. Irreflexive

      Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.

The neighborhood

Derived

non-strict, overstrict, rule of strict construction, semistrict, strict conditional, strict construction, strict constructionism, strict constructionist, stricten, strict implication, strict inequality, strictish, strict liability, strictly, strictness, strict ordering, strict scrutiny, strict-sense stationary, strict vegetarian, superstrict, ultrastrict, unstrict

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at strict. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at strict. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at strict

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA