strict
//stɹɪkt//
Forms
- Comparative
- stricter
- Superlative
- strictest
Definitions
1.Strained; drawn close; tight.
2.Tense; not relaxed.
3.Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
4.Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3918
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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.