strict

/strɪkt/ adjective

Translation

PERSON › A strict person makes sure that children or people working for them behave well and does not allow them to break any rules.

katı, sert, disiplinli, hoşgörüsüz

a strict teacher My parents were very strict with us.1035

RULE › If a rule, law, etc is strict, it must be obeyed.

sıkı, sert, katı, ödünsüz

She gave me strict instructions to be there by ten.684

BEHAVIOUR [always before noun] › always behaving in a particular way because of your beliefs

koyu, katı, tam

a strict Muslim664

EXACT › exactly correct

tam, kesinlikle, mutlak, harfi harfine

a strict translation of a text1893

(Definition of strict adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

false, not real or not legal

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