Strict (IPA: /ˈstɹɪkt/)
| Strict (a.) |
Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. |
| Strict (a.) |
Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber. |
| Strict (a.) |
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention. |
| Strict (a.) |
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath. |
| Strict (a.) |
Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense. |
| Strict (a.) |
Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters. |
| Strict Synonyms |
Hard-and-fast, Invariable |
| Strict Synonyms |
Nonindulgent, Disciplinary, Disciplinal, Blue, Puritanic, Monkish, Austere, Renunciant, Self-disciplined, Renunciative, Self-restraining, Abstemious, Self-denying, Spartan, Puritan, Severe, Puritanical, Stern, Self-abnegating, Corrective |
| Strict Synonyms |
Rigid, Intolerant |
| Strict Synonyms |
Rigorous, Exact |
| Strict Synonyms |
Stern, Demanding, Exacting |
| Translations |
Strict in Spanish |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine." - Alan Turing |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A theorem is a proposition which is a strict logical consequence of certain definitions and other propositions" - Anatol Rapoport |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Anyway, my money is still on use strict vars . . ." - Larry Wall |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice." - Abraham Lincoln |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'." - Larry Wall |
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