HARD AND FAST

Meaning of HARD AND FAST in English

(especially after a negative) that cannot be changed in any circumstances :

There are no hard and fast rules about this.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

HARD-AND-FAST — adjective Date: 1867 not to be modified or evaded ; strict
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HARD-AND-FAST — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : not subject to deviation, revision, or modification : rigidly binding : fixed , categorical , absolute hard-and-fast …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HARD-AND-FAST — — hard-and-fastness , n. /hahrd"n fast", -fahst"/ , adj. strongly binding; not to be set aside or violated: hard-and-fast rules. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HARD AND FAST — strict, impossible to change
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HARD-AND-FAST — adjective Date: 1867 : not to be modified or evaded : strict a hard-and-fast rule
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HARD-AND-FAST — Pronunciation: ˌ härd- ə n- ' fast Function: adjective Date: 1867 : not to be modified or evaded : STRICT …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HARD-AND-FAST — [hard-and-fast] adj (1867): not to be modified or evaded: strict "a ~ rule"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HARD-AND-FAST — hard-and-fast BrE AmE ˌhɑːd ə n ˈfɑːst ◂ § -ˈfæst AmE ˌhɑːrd ə n ˈfæst ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HARD-AND-FAST — ˌhard-and-ˈfast BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] clear, definite, and always able to be used: It is impossible to give …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HARD AND FAST — If you say that there are no hard and fast rules, or that there is no hard and fast information …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARD AND FAST — If you say that there are no ~ rules, or that there is no ~ information about something, you are …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HARD-AND-FAST — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Clearly there are dangers involved in drawing a hard-and-fast line between the two principles of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HARD AND FAST — Synonyms and related words : absolute, aground, authoritative, binding, canonical, compulsory, conclusive, decisive, decretory, dictated, didactic, entailed, final, formulary, hard-and-fast, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARD-AND-FAST — {adj.} Not to be broken or changed; fixed; strict. * /The teacher said that there was a hard-and-fast rule against …
Slang English vocab
HARD AND FAST — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
HARD AND FAST — adj. Hard and fast is used with these nouns: ↑ rule
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HARD AND FAST — DEFINITE, fixed, set, strict, rigid, binding, clear-cut, cast-iron; inflexible, immutable, unchangeable, incontestable. 2192; headword
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARD-AND-FAST — {adj.} Not to be broken or changed; fixed; strict. * /The teacher said that there was a hard-and-fast rule against …
Словарь английских идиом
HARD-AND-FAST — adj. Not to be broken or changed; fixed; strict. The teacher said that there was a hard-and-fast rule against smoking …
American Idioms English vocabulary
HARD AND FAST — негибкий, твердый, жесткий (о правилах); строго определенный; прочный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HARD AND FAST — Непоколебимый
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HARD AND FAST — негибкий, твердый, жесткий (о правилах); строго определенный; прочный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HARD AND FAST — негибкий, твердый, жесткий (о правилах); строго определенный; прочный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HARD AND FAST — жесткий, твердый, негибкий, прочный, непоколебимый, строго определенный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HARD AND FAST — жесткий, твердый, негибкий, прочный, непоколебимый, строго определенный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HARD AND FAST — негибкий, твердый, жесткий ( о правилах ) ; строго определенный; прочный
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HARD AND FAST — негибкий, твердый, жесткий (о правилах); строго определенный; прочный
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HARD AND FAST — негибкий, твердый, жесткий (о правилах); строго определенный; прочный
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HARD AND FAST — негибкий, твердый, жесткий (о правилах); строго определенный; прочный
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HARD AND FAST — непоколебимый
English-Russian Online Dictionary
HARD AND FAST — негибкий, твердый, жесткий (о правилах); строго определенный; прочный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HARD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) hard disk hard water {{link=strong and hard punishment">strong and hard punishment Townes Charles Hard
Английский словарь Британика
HARD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FAST
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HARD
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FAST — fast 1 /fast, fahst/ , adj., faster, fastest , adv., faster, fastest , n. adj. 1. moving or able to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HARD — I. ˈhärd adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English heard; akin to Old High German hart hard, Greek kratos strength …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FAST — I. ˈfast adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fæst; akin to Old High German festi firm, Old Norse fastr, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HARD — adv close or near. 2. hard ·adv so as to raise difficulties. 3. hard ·adv uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. 4. hard …
Webster English vocab
FAST — v tenacious; retentive. 2. fast ·noun the shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster. 3. fast ·v not easily …
Webster English vocab
FAST — [fast] adj [ME, fr. OE faest; akin to OHG festi firm, ON fastr, Arm hast] (bef. 12c) 1 a: firmly …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HARD — hard BrE AmE hɑːd AmE hɑːrd ▷ harder ˈhɑːd ə AmE ˈhɑːrd ə r ▷ hardest ˈhɑːd ɪst -əst AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FAST — fast BrE AmE fɑːst § fæst AmE fæst ▷ fasted ˈfɑːst ɪd § ˈfæst-, -əd AmE ˈfæst əd ▷ faster …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HARD — / hɑːd; NAmE hɑːrd/ adjective , adverb ■ adjective ( hard·er , hard·est ) SOLID / STIFF 1. solid, firm …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAST — / fɑːst; NAmE fæst/ adjective , adverb , verb , noun ■ adjective ( fast·er , fast·est ) QUICK 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARD — I. hard 1 S1 W1 /hɑːd $ hɑːrd/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative harder , superlative hardest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FAST — I. fast 1 S2 W3 /fɑːst $ fæst/ BrE AmE adverb 1 . MOVING QUICKLY moving quickly: Slow down – …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HARD
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FAST — adj. & adv. --adj. 1 rapid, quick-moving. 2 capable of high speed (a fast car). 3 enabling or causing or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HARD
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FAST — adj. & adv. adj. 1 rapid, quick-moving. 2 capable of high speed (a fast car). 3 enabling or causing or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HARD
Oxford English vocab
FAST — 1. adj. & adv. --adj. 1. rapid, quick-moving. 2 capable of high speed (a fast car). 3 enabling or causing …
Oxford English vocab
HARD — ( harder, hardest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAST — ( faster, fastest, fasts, fasting, fasted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARD — (~er, ~est) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HARD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FAST
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AND
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HARD — Synonyms and related words : Herculean, Philistine, about, absolute, abstruse, accented, acerb, acerbic, acrid, acrimonious, actively, acute, adamant, adamantine, addictive, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARD — adj. Function: adverb 1 with great or utmost force FF1C; hit the nail hard FF1E; Synonyms: energetically, forcefully, forcibly, hardly, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HARD — I. adjective 1. Synonyms: firm 2, solid Related Word: compacted, compressed, concentrated, consolidated, packed; callous, hardened, indurate, indurated, set; adamantine, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
FAST
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARD — INDEX: 1. when something does not change its shape or bend 2. food 3. to become hard or make something …
Longman Activator English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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