rigorous

«rigorous» in Mova's school dictionary: very careful, thorough and exact — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (rigorous, more rigorous, most rigorous)

meaning for a pupil

1) Rigorous means very careful, thorough and exact. tree →

2) Rigorous means strict or hard, like rigorous training. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and maths lessons rigorous testing or proof is careful and checks everything; in sport, rigorous training is tough. Phrases: rigorous testing, a rigorous check.

examples

• Scientists do rigorous tests. tree →
• The training was rigorous. tree →
• We need a rigorous proof in maths. tree →
• The new medicine had rigorous checks. tree →
• Their rules are rigorous. tree →
• Her rigorous notes helped everyone. tree →

note

Spelling: rigor + ous (rigorous), even in UK English, where the noun is «rigour». Similar: thorough, strict.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rigorous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.