To pronounce "strictures", say STRICT-ur-es — 3 syllables. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents, or practice it syllable by syllable.
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"strictures" has 3 syllables: strict-ur-es. It rhymes with pictures and telepictures, if that helps it stick.
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“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.”
“I just couldn't take the stricture of that place a single day more.”
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"Strictures" has 3 syllables: strict · ur · es.
Strictures: (usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action
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