stringent Definition
strin·gent (strin′jənt)
adjective
- rigidly controlled, enforced, etc.; strict; severe
- ☆ tight in loan or investment money a stringent money market
- compelling; convincing stringent reason
Etymology: L stringens, prp. of stringere, to draw tight: see strict
stringent Related Forms
stringent Synonyms
stringent
modif.
Strict
acrimonious, rigorous, harsh; see severe 2.Compelling
forceful, powerful, poignant; see convincing 2, valid 1, 2.
stringent Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
make: To address this problem wheelchair services have been making eligibility criteria ever more stringent to suppress demand.
Modifies a noun
- precaution: We insist on a policy of stringent safety precautions, ensuring our clients are never too far out of touch with the western world.
- criterion: These stringent casualty criteria are a major obstacle in using more cameras along these roads.
- requirement: Scania cabs have to meet the world's most stringent safety requirements.
- regulation: Goat Milk Bath Soak with Honey is made in Germany to stringent European regulations.
- safeguard: He appears to be better at hiding behind outdated GM laws than he is at introducing more stringent public safeguards.
- standard: Such meat is subject to far less stringent standards.
Modifying Another Word
- increasingly: Increasingly stringent regulations govern the disposal of confidential patient files.
- overly: The project's long incubation wasn't caused by overly stringent privacy controls, said Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust.
- sufficiently: GNVQs: Are GNVQs sufficiently stringent in assessing skills, knowledge and understanding?
- fairly: There are fairly stringent conditions attached to the provision of affordable housing in the village.
- extremely: The extremely stringent requirements for product registration set down in European law reflect this.
- quite: In addition, Councils may well subject vehicles to quite stringent tests which go beyond the main criteria of the MOT.
Infinitive complement
restrict: Certain owners may wish to make their security policy more stringent to restrict access to their bandwidth.
Used with adjective complement
- become: Company cars have proved to be less popular since the taxation rules have become more stringent.
- meet: An ECDIS is an official, type-approved display system ( more than an ECS ) that meets stringent IHO defined criteria.
- make: The procedures for registering foreigners in the country were also made more stringent.
Preposition: in
world: The EU regulations are among the most stringent in the world.
Preposition: than
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