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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024strait /streɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Often, straits. [plural form may be used with a singular verb] a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water:the Strait(s) of Gibraltar.
- Often, straits. [plural] a position of difficulty, distress, or need:At the moment she is in dire straits, with no money and no job.
See -strain-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024strait (strāt),USA pronunciation n. - Often, straits. (used with a sing. v.) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Often, straits. a position of difficulty, distress, or need:Ill and penniless, he was in sad straits indeed.
- [Archaic.]a narrow passage or area.
- an isthmus.
adj. Archaic. - narrow:Strait is the gate.
- affording little space;
confined in area. - strict, as in requirements or principles.
- Latin strictus past participle of stringere to bind; see strain1
- Old French estreit
- Middle English streit 1150–1200
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged exigency, pinch, dilemma, predicament, plight. See emergency.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ease.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: strait /streɪt/ n - (often plural) a narrow channel of the sea linking two larger areas of sea
- (often plural) a position of acute difficulty (often in the phrase in dire or desperate straits)
- archaic a narrow place or passage
adj archaic - (of spaces, etc) affording little room
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French estreit narrow, from Latin strictus constricted, from stringere to bind tightlyˈstraitly adv ˈstraitness n |