Meaning 1formal; rules, instructions, and prohibitions · 82%
Allowing no deviation or exception; enforced with great strictness.
Natural examples
Im Labor gelten strikte Sicherheitsregeln.
Strict safety rules apply in the laboratory.
Die Ärztin riet zu strikter Ruhe nach der Operation.
The doctor advised strict rest after surgery.
Der Zugang zum Archiv unterliegt strikter Kontrolle.
Access to the archive is subject to strict control.
Usage note
Strikt commonly describes rules, prohibitions, or secrecy; its comparison forms are strikter and am striktesten.
Mini-lesson: strikt
Allowing no deviation or exception; enforced with great strictness. Strikt commonly describes rules, prohibitions, or secrecy; its comparison forms are strikter and am striktesten.
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