strict

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Demanding that rules are obeyed and not allowing bad behavior.

   Our teacher was very strict and punished anyone who misbehaved.

2. 2
   adj

   Exact and clearly defined, with no room for change.

   The factory follows strict safety rules at all times.

3. 3
   adj

   Understood in an exact, narrow sense.

   In the strict sense of the word, a tomato is a fruit.

Common collocations

• strict control Adjective + noun
• strict law Adjective + noun
• strict rule Adjective + noun

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

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