Meaning

6 senses
  1. Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.

    The rules are fairly lax, but you have to know which ones you can bend.

    lax

    нестро́гийnestrógij, необяза́тельныйneobjazátelʹnyj

  2. Loose; not tight or taut.

    The rope fell lax.

    locker, lose

    ненатя́нутыйnenatjánutyj

    lacking in firmness or tension; not taut

  3. Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.

    небре́жныйnebréžnyj

    lacking in rigor or strictness

  4. Describing an associative monoidal functor.

  5. (of a vowel) Produced with relatively little constriction of the vocal tract.

  6. (archaic)Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheic.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Some member countries have been lax in abiding by G-7 agreements.

  2. The current rules are too lax.

    ruСуществующие правила слишком мягкие. — marafon

  3. She is often lax in her duties.

  4. Better short and sweet, than long and lax.

  5. Parents who are lax in raising their children do them a disservice.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
not strict; lenient; allowing for deviation:
loose; not tight or taut:
lacking care:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
not strict; lenient; allowing for deviation:
loose; not tight or taut:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin laxus (“wide, roomy, loose”).

Borrowed from Latin laxus (“wide, roomy, loose”).

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Forms

laxer, laxest
Comparativelaxer Lesson
Superlativelaxest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

21 synonyms

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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