Stringent Definition

strĭnjənt
adjective
Imposing rigorous standards of performance; severe.
Stringent safety measures.
American Heritage
Rigidly controlled, enforced, etc.; strict; severe.
Webster's New World
Constricted; tight.
Operating under a stringent time limit.
American Heritage
Tight in loan or investment money.
A stringent money market.
Webster's New World
Compelling; convincing.
Stringent reason.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Stringent

  • Latin stringēns stringent- present participle of stringere to draw tight streig- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin stringens, stringentem, from stringō.

    From Wiktionary

Stringent Sentence Examples

  • He must furnish the proofs, which are collected according to very stringent rules.

  • Stringent legislation controls prison labour.

  • In 1677 the university of Caen adopted not less stringent measures against Cartesianism.

  • In continental countries the laws are even more stringent.

  • While in some cases these laws are unnecessarily stringent and tend to restrict the business of mining yet on the whole they have had the effect of reducing greatly the loss of life and injuries of miners where they have been well enforced.

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Words Starting With

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TNTENT

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