Stringent
1stringent — strin‧gent [ˈstrɪndʒənt] adjective 1. stringent rule/control/test a rule, control etc that is very strict and must be obeyed: • Stringent air quality standards will be imposed on oil companies. 2. ECONOMICS stringent economic conditions exist… …
2stringent — STRINGÉNT, Ă, stringenţi, te, adj. (livr.) Care trebuie să fie luat neapărat în seamă, care se impune în mod imperios, care nu suferă amânare. – Din it. stringente. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 STRINGÉNT adj., adv. 1. adj.… …
3Stringent — Strin gent (str[i^]n jent), a. [L. stringens, entis, p. pr. of stringere to draw or bind tight. See {Strain}.] Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules. [1913 Webster] They must be subject to a …
4stringent — [strin′jənt] adj. [L stringens, prp. of stringere, to draw tight: see STRICT] 1. rigidly controlled, enforced, etc.; strict; severe ☆ 2. tight in loan or investment money [a stringent money market] 3. compelling; convincing [stringent reason]… …
5stringent — stringent:⇨folgerichtig stringent→stichhaltig …
6stringent — I adjective authoritative, binding, compelling, compulsory, despotic, dictatorial, draconian, exact, exacting, exigent, forceful, hard, harsh, inescapable, inflexible, ironhanded, precise, puritanical, rigid, rigorous, rough, stern, stiff, strait …
7stringent — Adj strikt …
8stringent — (adj.) c.1600, astringent, especially with reference to taste, from L. stringentem (nom. stringens), prp. of stringere to compress, contract, bind or draw tight (see STRAIN (Cf. strain)). Of regulations, procedures, etc., 1846 …
9stringent — *strict, *rigid, rigorous Analogous words: *severe, austere, stern: limiting, restricting, circumscribing, confining (see LIMIT vb): restraining, curbing (see RESTRAIN): exacting, oppressive, *onerous …
10stringent — ↑ Prestige …
