stringent — 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… … Financial and business terms
stringent — 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.… … Dicționar Român
Stringent — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stringent — [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]… … English World dictionary
stringent — stringent:⇨folgerichtig stringent→stichhaltig … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
stringent — 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 … Law dictionary
stringent — Adj strikt … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
stringent — (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 … Etymology dictionary
stringent — *strict, *rigid, rigorous Analogous words: *severe, austere, stern: limiting, restricting, circumscribing, confining (see LIMIT vb): restraining, curbing (see RESTRAIN): exacting, oppressive, *onerous … New Dictionary of Synonyms
stringent — ↑ Prestige … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
stringent — [adj] rigid, tight acrimonious, binding, brick wall*, by the book*, by the numbers*, compelling, confining, convincing, dead set on*, demanding, draconian, drawing, dyedin the wool*, exacting, forceful, hard, hardnosed*, harsh, inflexible,… … New thesaurus
