strict

Etymology
Borrowed from, past participle of. . See,.

Adjective

 * 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.
 * 5) Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
 * 6)  Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
 * 7) Severe in discipline.
 * 8)  Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
 * 1) Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
 * 2) Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
 * 3)  Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
 * 4) Severe in discipline.
 * 5)  Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
 * 1)  Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
 * 2) Severe in discipline.
 * 3)  Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
 * 1)  Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
 * 1)  Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
 * 1)  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 the UK more strict and most strict are more often used.

Translations

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 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Portuguese: ,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: beacht
 * Italian: ,
 * Maori: uhupoho
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: صَارِم
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: কাঢ়া
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: sevērus
 * Latvian: stingrs
 * Maori: pākaha
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Sylheti: ꠇꠠꠣ
 * Tagalog: mahigpit, estrikto
 * Ukrainian: строгий
 * West Frisian: twang


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Latvian: stingrs
 * Maori: taikaha
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish:


 * Arabic: صَارِم
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: gogor
 * Belarusian: стро́гі, суро́вы
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: streng
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: მკაცრი
 * German:
 * Hindi: सख़्त
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: កឹង, គគ្រីតគគ្រូស,
 * Korean:
 * Maori: pākaha
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: prísny, strohý
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: mahigpit, estrikto
 * Thai: ,
 * Ukrainian: стро́гий, суво́рий
 * Urdu: سخت
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:, , strik


 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Korean:

Etymology
, perfect participle of. .

Etymology
, from. , which was inherited.