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# rigorous

adjective (rigorous, more rigorous, most rigorous)

«rigorous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Rigorous means very careful, thorough and exact. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigorous/#m1)
2. Rigorous means strict or hard, like rigorous training. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigorous/#m2)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rigorous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigorous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rigorous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rigorous.html) on Mova free.