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stringent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin string?ns, stringentem, from string?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st??nd??nt/
Adjective
stringent (comparative more stringent, superlative most stringent)
- Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- string-net
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin string?ns, stringentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??????nt/, /st??????nt/
Adjective
stringent (comparative stringenter, superlative am stringentesten)
- stringent
- coherent (of an argument)
- Synonyms: einleuchtend, schlüssig, überzeugend
Further reading
- “stringent” in Duden online
- “stringent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Latin
Verb
stringent
- third-person plural future active indicative of string?
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strict
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of strait and stretto. See stringent, strain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st??kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
Adjective
strict (comparative stricter, superlative strictest)
- Strained; drawn close; tight.
- Tense; not relaxed.
- Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
- Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
- Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
- (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- Severe in discipline.
- Antonyms: lenient, lax, permissive
- (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
Usage notes
- Stricter and strictest are the grammatically correct forms for the comparative and superlative though outside UK more strict and most strict are more often used.
Derived terms
- stricten
- strictly
- strictness
Related terms
- stricture
- stringent
- strain
Translations
Further reading
- strict in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- strict in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin strictus, perfect participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of étroit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?ikt/
Adjective
strict (feminine singular stricte, masculine plural stricts, feminine plural strictes)
- strict
Derived terms
- strictement
Further reading
- “strict” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French strict, from Latin strictus.
Adjective
strict m or n (feminine singular strict?, masculine plural stric?i, feminine and neuter plural stricte)
- strict
Declension
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