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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigorous/#m1)

2) Rigorous means strict or hard, like rigorous training. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigorous/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigorous/#x1)
- The training was rigorous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigorous/#x2)
- We need a rigorous proof in maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigorous/#x3)
- The new medicine had rigorous checks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigorous/#x4)
- Their rules are rigorous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigorous/#x5)
- Her rigorous notes helped everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigorous/#x6)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigorous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.