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.
8 senses
- 1Strained; drawn close; tight.
- 2Tense; not relaxed.
- 3Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
- 4Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact…
- 5Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
- 6Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of…
- 7Severe in discipline.
- 8Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be…
1
Strained; drawn close; tight.
- strict embrace
- strict ligature
2
Tense; not relaxed.
- strict fiber
3
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
- to keep strict watch
- to pay strict attention
4
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.1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Hocussing of Cigarette”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
5
Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
- to understand words in a strict sense
7
Severe in discipline.
- Our teacher was always very strict. If we didn't behave, we would get punished.
- It was a very strict lesson.
8
Mathematics, Order theory, Sciences, Set theory Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
- Derived terms
- 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