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3 ADJ [ADJ n] If you talk about the strict meaning of something, you mean the precise meaning of it. □  It's not quite peace in the strictest sense of the word, rather the absence of war. ●  strict|ly ADV [ADV adj] □  Actually, that is not strictly true. □  Strictly speaking, it is not one house at all, but three houses joined together.

4 → see also strict

5 ADJ [ADJ n] You use strict to describe someone who never does things that are against their beliefs. □  Many people in the country are now strict vegetarians.

strict|ly /str I ktli/ ADV You use strictly to emphasize that something is of one particular type, or intended for one particular thing or person, rather than any other. [EMPHASIS ] □  This session was strictly for the boys.

stric|ture /str I ktʃə ^r / (strictures )

1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] You can use strictures to refer to severe criticism or disapproval of something. [FORMAL ] □ [+ on/against ] …the Church's strictures on lending money at exorbitant interest.

2 N‑COUNT [usu pl] You can refer to things that limit what you can do as strictures of a particular kind. [mainly FORMAL ] □  Your goals are hindered by financial strictures.

stride /stra I d/ (strides , striding , strode )

1 VERB If you stride somewhere, you walk there with quick, long steps. □ [V prep/adv] They were joined by a newcomer who came striding across a field. □ [V prep/adv] He turned abruptly and strode off down the corridor.

2 N‑COUNT A stride is a long step which you take when you are walking or running. □  With every stride, runners hit the ground with up to five times their body-weight. □  He walked with long strides.

3 N‑SING [usu poss N ] Someone's stride is their way of walking with long steps. □  He lengthened his stride to keep up with her.

4 N‑COUNT [usu pl, usu adj N ] If you make strides in something that you are doing, you make rapid progress in it. □  The country has made enormous strides politically but not economically.

5 PHRASE If you get into your stride or hit your stride , you start to do something easily and confidently, after being slow and uncertain. □  The campaign is just getting into its stride.

6 PHRASE In British English, if you take a problem or difficulty in your stride , you deal with it calmly and easily. The American expression is take something in stride . □  Beth was struck by how Naomi took the mistake in her stride.

stri|den|cy /stra I d ^ə nsi/ N‑UNCOUNT Stridency is the quality of being strident. □  Many employees were alarmed by the director's new stridency.

stri|dent /stra I d ^ə nt/

1 ADJ If you use strident to describe someone or the way they express themselves, you mean that they make their feelings or opinions known in a very strong way that perhaps makes people uncomfortable. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  …the unnecessarily strident tone of the Prime Minister's remarks.

2 ADJ If a voice or sound is strident , it is loud, harsh, and unpleasant to listen to. □  She tried to laugh, and the sound was harsh and strident.

strife /stra I f/ N‑UNCOUNT Strife is strong disagreement or fighting. [FORMAL ] □  Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages.