Strait
noun
A narrow waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.
The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
Often appears as...
- strait of gibraltar
- strait of malacca
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Geographical
noun
A situation of difficulty or distress.
The company is in dire straits after several investors pulled out.
Often appears as...
- dire straits
- financial straits
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Disapproving
adjective
Very strict or tightly enforced; firm.
He runs a strait-laced operation in his office.
Often appears as...
- strait-laced rules
- strait-laced life
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Disapproving
noun
A narrow waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.
The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
Often appears as...
- strait of gibraltar
- strait of malacca
Usage tips
Geographical
noun
A situation of difficulty or distress.
The company is in dire straits after several investors pulled out.
Often appears as...
- dire straits
- financial straits
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Very strict or tightly enforced; firm.
He runs a strait-laced operation in his office.
Often appears as...
- strait-laced rules
- strait-laced life
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Geographical Term
Used in geography, 'strait' describes narrow waterways, often international boundaries or strategic points.
The Bering Strait separates Russia and Alaska.
Pro Tip 2/3Capitalization
When part of a name, like 'Strait of Hormuz,' capitalize 'Strait' as it's a proper noun.
Ships navigate through the Strait of Hormuz regularly.
Pro Tip 3/3Unique Features
Each strait has unique navigational features and importance, often studied in geography.
The Cook Strait is known for its rough waters.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographical Term
Used in geography, 'strait' describes narrow waterways, often international boundaries or strategic points.
The Bering Strait separates Russia and Alaska.
Pro Tip 2/3Capitalization
When part of a name, like 'Strait of Hormuz,' capitalize 'Strait' as it's a proper noun.
Ships navigate through the Strait of Hormuz regularly.
Pro Tip 3/3Unique Features
Each strait has unique navigational features and importance, often studied in geography.
The Cook Strait is known for its rough waters.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographical Term
Used in geography, 'strait' describes narrow waterways, often international boundaries or strategic points.
The Bering Strait separates Russia and Alaska.
Pro Tip 2/3Capitalization
When part of a name, like 'Strait of Hormuz,' capitalize 'Strait' as it's a proper noun.
Ships navigate through the Strait of Hormuz regularly.
Pro Tip 3/3Unique Features
Each strait has unique navigational features and importance, often studied in geography.
The Cook Strait is known for its rough waters.
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Alex Steffen: The route...
and somebody just came up with the idea of well, what if you rolled it. Right? I mean, that's a great design. This is a fabulous invention, LifeStraw. Basically you can suck any water through this and it will become drinkable by the time it hits your lips. So, you know, people who are in desperate straits can get this.
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Did ancient Troy really...
Its position at the southern entrance of the Dardanelles strait would’ve made a formidable strategic location for both defense and trade. Most importantly, there are the remains of a massive fortification wall – perhaps the very same one from which Priam and Hector once watched the Greeks approach.
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Dealership Tune-Up PIPE...
close-knit loyal staff who are currently struggling daily just to keep their motors running the brothers call me let me know that they're in dire straits possibly will lose the dealership and ask for my help there's a some days where we wake up in the morning say you know what you know
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Greg Stone: Saving the...
conducted a mock cabinet meeting underwater recently to highlight the dire straits of these countries. So it's something we need to focus on. But back to the Phoenix Islands, which is the subject of this Talk. After I got back, I said, okay, this is amazing, what we found.
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Building the impossible:...
a ten-story building underwater. Since the strait’s depth prevented them drilling or digging the foundations, bombs were dropped on the ocean floor, creating openings for pouring concrete. A seawall was built to protect the site from powerful currents,
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Liz Coleman's call to...
made backing off unthinkable. Whether it was threats to the environment, inequities in the distribution of wealth, lack of a sane policy or a sustainable policy with respect to the continuing uses of energy, we were in desperate straits.
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My 105 Days in Taliban...
and they are in desperate straits. The magnitude of the work ahead is staggering. But we have to start somewhere. And the question becomes "What should we do?" In my mind, four things. First, we must bolster humanitarian aid provisions
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What COVID-19 means for...
and towards trying to take care of consumers that find themselves in really difficult straits right now. And we've been trying to, instead of people mailing out checks, which is ridiculous in today's world --
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How megacities are...
But since that time, the trade and investment volumes across the straits have become so intense that last November, leaders from both sides held a historic summit to discuss eventual peaceful reunification.
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Killer Whales Working...
we set off and headed out in this phenomenal boat called the golden fleece we had to cross straits passage which is perhaps the most dangerous passage of water in the world you're on there for
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Alex Steffen: The route...
and somebody just came up with the idea of well, what if you rolled it. Right? I mean, that's a great design. This is a fabulous invention, LifeStraw. Basically you can suck any water through this and it will become drinkable by the time it hits your lips. So, you know, people who are in desperate straits can get this.
Video examples
Did ancient Troy really...
Its position at the southern entrance of the Dardanelles strait would’ve made a formidable strategic location for both defense and trade. Most importantly, there are the remains of a massive fortification wall – perhaps the very same one from which Priam and Hector once watched the Greeks approach.
Video examples
Dealership Tune-Up PIPE...
close-knit loyal staff who are currently struggling daily just to keep their motors running the brothers call me let me know that they're in dire straits possibly will lose the dealership and ask for my help there's a some days where we wake up in the morning say you know what you know
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Greg Stone: Saving the...
conducted a mock cabinet meeting underwater recently to highlight the dire straits of these countries. So it's something we need to focus on. But back to the Phoenix Islands, which is the subject of this Talk. After I got back, I said, okay, this is amazing, what we found.
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Building the impossible:...
a ten-story building underwater. Since the strait’s depth prevented them drilling or digging the foundations, bombs were dropped on the ocean floor, creating openings for pouring concrete. A seawall was built to protect the site from powerful currents,
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Liz Coleman's call to...
made backing off unthinkable. Whether it was threats to the environment, inequities in the distribution of wealth, lack of a sane policy or a sustainable policy with respect to the continuing uses of energy, we were in desperate straits.
Video examples
My 105 Days in Taliban...
and they are in desperate straits. The magnitude of the work ahead is staggering. But we have to start somewhere. And the question becomes "What should we do?" In my mind, four things. First, we must bolster humanitarian aid provisions
Video examples
What COVID-19 means for...
and towards trying to take care of consumers that find themselves in really difficult straits right now. And we've been trying to, instead of people mailing out checks, which is ridiculous in today's world --
Video examples
How megacities are...
But since that time, the trade and investment volumes across the straits have become so intense that last November, leaders from both sides held a historic summit to discuss eventual peaceful reunification.
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Killer Whales Working...
we set off and headed out in this phenomenal boat called the golden fleece we had to cross straits passage which is perhaps the most dangerous passage of water in the world you're on there for
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Quincy Jones
American Musician
I lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her being taken away in a strait jacket. That's something you never forget. And my stepmother was like in the movie 'Precious.' I couldn't handle it. So I said to myself, 'I don't have a mother. I don't need one. I'm going to let music be my mother.
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Yolanda Adams
American Musician
As humans, we have the tendency to call on God only when we think that we're in dire straits as opposed to cultivating a real relationship with Him every day. And that's what my music tries to convey to all the listeners - try to cultivate it every day.
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Paloma Faith
English Actress
I think what makes me different from the average Joe is that I feel free to be myself and express myself in the way that I want. If that makes you mad, we're living in a world of dire straits. If anything, it makes you more sane.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
The spirit of the kingdom undermines its defenses. People will rise against the king. A new peace is made; holy laws deteriorate. Paris has never before found herself in such dire straits.
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Michael Gerber
American Writer
The world is littered with the tales of small businesses in the dire straits of hiring that spent time and money they couldn't afford to hire people who couldn't perform.
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John C. Stennis
American Politician
The Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, and it is not helpful for any nation to suggest that it would attempt to restrict traffic through the strait.
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Rebecca Hall
English Actress
We can't constantly tell stories of heroes. We have to hear the other stories, too, about people in dire straits who make bad choices.
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William Ernest Henley
English Poet
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
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Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Estonian Politician
When your country is in dire straits, it doesn't matter whether you're a social democrat or not.
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Bear Grylls
British Explorer
Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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Quincy Jones
American Musician
I lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her being taken away in a strait jacket. That's something you never forget. And my stepmother was like in the movie 'Precious.' I couldn't handle it. So I said to myself, 'I don't have a mother. I don't need one. I'm going to let music be my mother.
Quote examples
Yolanda Adams
American Musician
As humans, we have the tendency to call on God only when we think that we're in dire straits as opposed to cultivating a real relationship with Him every day. And that's what my music tries to convey to all the listeners - try to cultivate it every day.
Quote examples
Paloma Faith
English Actress
I think what makes me different from the average Joe is that I feel free to be myself and express myself in the way that I want. If that makes you mad, we're living in a world of dire straits. If anything, it makes you more sane.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
The spirit of the kingdom undermines its defenses. People will rise against the king. A new peace is made; holy laws deteriorate. Paris has never before found herself in such dire straits.
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Michael Gerber
American Writer
The world is littered with the tales of small businesses in the dire straits of hiring that spent time and money they couldn't afford to hire people who couldn't perform.
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John C. Stennis
American Politician
The Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, and it is not helpful for any nation to suggest that it would attempt to restrict traffic through the strait.
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Rebecca Hall
English Actress
We can't constantly tell stories of heroes. We have to hear the other stories, too, about people in dire straits who make bad choices.
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William Ernest Henley
English Poet
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
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Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Estonian Politician
When your country is in dire straits, it doesn't matter whether you're a social democrat or not.
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Bear Grylls
British Explorer
Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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