noun Download 🔗Share (usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action Examples : "For them, parity is less an ultimate goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow." law society government action moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology Examples : "The new company policy imposed strictures on employees' use of social media during work hours. " society government politics law culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body Examples : "The doctor suspects a urethral stricture because the patient is having difficulty urinating. " medicine anatomy body organ disease Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Strictness Examples : "The school's strictures about uniform policy are very clear: no brightly colored shoes or visible logos. " attitude moral society law organization Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A stroke; a glance; a touch Examples : "The teacher's strictures on the noisy students were a sharp look and a quick, firm hand gesture. " sensation body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The degree of contact, in consonants Examples : "The phonetics professor explained how the strictures in the sounds /p/ and /b/ involve complete closure of the lips, creating a burst of air. " phonetics linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
