in+a+strict+sense

  • 21sense — I UK [sens] / US noun Word forms sense : singular sense plural senses *** 1) [singular] a strong feeling or belief about yourself sense of: Winning an award would give me a great sense of achievement. They say they are dealing with the problem,… …

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  • 22strict — [16] Strict was acquired direct from strictus, the past participle of Latin stringere ‘pull tight, tighten’ (source also of English prestige, strain, and stringent). The original literal sense ‘tight’ survived into English (‘She wildly breaketh… …

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  • 23strict — [16] Strict was acquired direct from strictus, the past participle of Latin stringere ‘pull tight, tighten’ (source also of English prestige, strain, and stringent). The original literal sense ‘tight’ survived into English (‘She wildly breaketh… …

    Word origins

  • 24strict — adj. Strict is used with these nouns: ↑adherence, ↑censorship, ↑code, ↑condition, ↑confidentiality, ↑confines, ↑conformity, ↑control, ↑convention, ↑criterion, ↑curfew, ↑ …

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  • 25strict — adjective 1》 demanding that rules concerning behaviour are obeyed.     ↘(of a rule) demanding total compliance; rigidly enforced. 2》 following rules or beliefs exactly. 3》 not allowing deviation or relaxation. Derivatives strictness noun Origin… …

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  • 26Word-sense disambiguation — Disambiguation redirects here. For other uses, see Disambiguation (disambiguation). In computational linguistics, word sense disambiguation (WSD) is an open problem of natural language processing, which governs the process of identifying which… …

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  • 27Stricter — Strict Strict, a. [Compar. {Stricter}; superl. {Strictest}.] [L. strictus, p. p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to strain. See {Strain}, and cf. {Strait}, a.] 1. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. Dryden.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28Strictest — Strict Strict, a. [Compar. {Stricter}; superl. {Strictest}.] [L. strictus, p. p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to strain. See {Strain}, and cf. {Strait}, a.] 1. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. Dryden.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29sen′su stri′cto — In a strict sense. [L.] …

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  • 30education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …

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