adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a thorough/rigorous examination (= very careful )
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There needs to be a thorough examination of these claims.
rigorous/strict scrutiny (= very careful and thorough )
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This system has been subject to rigorous scrutiny.
stringent/strict/rigorous/tough standards (= high standards that are difficult to reach )
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The Marines’ rigorous standards mean that only a small proportion of applicants are successful.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
less
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In fact, Lucas adopts a much less rigorous approach.
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His thinking is a little less rigorous than others, his language a little more colorful.
more
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Should this be realised, then assessment on the course may have to be more rigorous .
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A more rigorous refereeing system or the restriction of scholarship to limited types may be introduced.
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Testing technique Technically, post-war testing became more and more rigorous .
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ProTech students were taking more rigorous mathematics and science courses than their peers, although their grades were not substantially better.
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The computational approach is, therefore, much more rigorous intellectually than that to which many psychologists have been accustomed.
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It seems possible but highly unlikely that more rigorous standards were used for the categories that we happened not to study.
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When he returned to Liverpool as manager, he introduced a more rigorous fitness regime.
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Performance evaluations will be more rigorous .
most
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All export controls of armaments and all our customers are subject to the most rigorous control and scrutiny, as she knows.
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I think legal education is the most rigorous of educations, and that is a value unto itself.
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It should be robust enough to stand up to the most rigorous testing from the appraisal panel.
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Judging by their reaction to a recent study, only the most rigorous evidence will convince them.
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It might be thought that such tenets were unambiguous enough in a democracy to be assured the most rigorous defence.
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The Pope's visit to the Wailing Wall last Sunday marked the most rigorous test yet of his brotherly discourse.
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He examined it for blotches and blemishes, and subjected any irregularities to the most rigorous scrutiny.
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To tamper with serfdom was certain to arouse wild expectations among the peasantry and would require the most rigorous control.
■ NOUN
approach
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The arrangements announced yesterday to ease the introduction of the poll tax are symptomatic of a less rigorous approach .
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In fact, Lucas adopts a much less rigorous approach .
safety
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They are professionals with equipment which meets rigorous safety standards.
standard
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Instead of an anecdotal narrative it must aspire to the rigorous standards of a science.
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It seems possible but highly unlikely that more rigorous standards were used for the categories that we happened not to study.
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It advocated more rigorous standards for planning future projects.
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I was wrong, he said, to think that the Black Studies Department had abandoned rigorous standards .
test
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Every week we carry out around 15,000 rigorous tests on water samples.
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Also the whole machine passed many rigorous tests with flying colors.
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The Pope's visit to the Wailing Wall last Sunday marked the most rigorous test yet of his brotherly discourse.
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Now there are calls for rigorous tests to be introduced.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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rigorous academic standards
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Every new drug has to pass a series of rigorous safety checks before it is put on sale.
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The car is put through rigorous road performance tests.
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The entrance tests for people wishing to enter the diplomatic service are particularly rigorous .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each distinctive type should be subject to a rigorous set of explicit rules of discipline.
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His thinking is a little less rigorous than others, his language a little more colorful.
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It should be robust enough to stand up to the most rigorous testing from the appraisal panel.
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Like all her writings, Children's Minds combines great clarity and lucidity of expression with original and rigorous thought.
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There are some rigorous theorems which prove that context free grammars can not be learned, in a certain sense.
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They use exposure to the world of work to motivate young people to learn more rigorous academics.