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Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Meaning of "straighten" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STRAIGHTEN

straighten  [ˈstreɪtən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STRAIGHTEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Straighten is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb straighten in English.

WHAT DOES STRAIGHTEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of straighten in the English dictionary

The definition of straighten in the dictionary is to make or become straight. Other definition of straighten is to make neat or tidy.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STRAIGHTEN

PRESENT

Present
I straighten
you straighten
he/she/it straightens
we straighten
you straighten
they straighten
Present continuous
I am straightening
you are straightening
he/she/it is straightening
we are straightening
you are straightening
they are straightening
Present perfect
I have straightened
you have straightened
he/she/it has straightened
we have straightened
you have straightened
they have straightened
Present perfect continuous
I have been straightening
you have been straightening
he/she/it has been straightening
we have been straightening
you have been straightening
they have been straightening
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I straightened
you straightened
he/she/it straightened
we straightened
you straightened
they straightened
Past continuous
I was straightening
you were straightening
he/she/it was straightening
we were straightening
you were straightening
they were straightening
Past perfect
I had straightened
you had straightened
he/she/it had straightened
we had straightened
you had straightened
they had straightened
Past perfect continuous
I had been straightening
you had been straightening
he/she/it had been straightening
we had been straightening
you had been straightening
they had been straightening
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will straighten
you will straighten
he/she/it will straighten
we will straighten
you will straighten
they will straighten
Future continuous
I will be straightening
you will be straightening
he/she/it will be straightening
we will be straightening
you will be straightening
they will be straightening
Future perfect
I will have straightened
you will have straightened
he/she/it will have straightened
we will have straightened
you will have straightened
they will have straightened
Future perfect continuous
I will have been straightening
you will have been straightening
he/she/it will have been straightening
we will have been straightening
you will have been straightening
they will have been straightening
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would straighten
you would straighten
he/she/it would straighten
we would straighten
you would straighten
they would straighten
Conditional continuous
I would be straightening
you would be straightening
he/she/it would be straightening
we would be straightening
you would be straightening
they would be straightening
Conditional perfect
I would have straighten
you would have straighten
he/she/it would have straighten
we would have straighten
you would have straighten
they would have straighten
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been straightening
you would have been straightening
he/she/it would have been straightening
we would have been straightening
you would have been straightening
they would have been straightening
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you straighten
we let´s straighten
you straighten
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to straighten
Past participle
straightened
Present Participle
straightening
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STRAIGHTEN


Brighton
ˈbraɪtən
Britain
ˈbrɪtən
craton
ˈkreɪtən
Dayton
ˈdeɪtən
Deighton
ˈdeɪtən
Drayton
ˈdreɪtən
greaten
ˈɡreɪtən
kitten
ˈkɪtən
laten
ˈleɪtən
Leighton
ˈleɪtən
metropolitan
ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən
Paton
ˈpeɪtən
Payton
ˈpeɪtən
phaeton
ˈfeɪtən
Satan
ˈseɪtən
seiten
ˈsaɪtən
straiten
ˈstreɪtən
Sudeten
suːˈdeɪtən
titan
ˈtaɪtən
written
ˈrɪtən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STRAIGHTEN

straight-cut tobacco
straight-edge
straight-edged
straight-faced
straight-laced
straight-line
straight-out
straightaway
straightbred
straightedge
straighten out
straighten up
straightener
straightforth
straightforward
straightforwardly
straightforwardness
straightish
straightjacket
straightly

WORDS THAT END LIKE STRAIGHTEN

affrighten
boughten
brighten
enlighten
forfoughten
frighten
heighten
lighten
overtighten
retighten
righten
thoughten
tighten
unfoughten

Synonyms and antonyms of straighten in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STRAIGHTEN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «straighten» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of straighten

Translation of «straighten» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STRAIGHTEN

Find out the translation of straighten to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of straighten from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «straighten» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

整理
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poner derecho
570 millions of speakers

English

straighten
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सीधा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تصويب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выпрямить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arrumar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সোজা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ajuster
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Luruskan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

begradigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

片付ける
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정돈하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Straighten
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thẳng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நேராக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सरळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düzleştirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

raddrizzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyprostować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

випрямити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

îndrepta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ισιώσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

reguit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

räta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rette
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of straighten

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STRAIGHTEN»

The term «straighten» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.466 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STRAIGHTEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about straighten

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10 QUOTES WITH «STRAIGHTEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word straighten.
1
Edward Albert
Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.
2
Nick Clegg
You've got some very powerful countries: Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden and others who have a genuine desire to see the euro zone straighten itself out. It's good for all of us, whether you're in the euro zone or not, to make sure that it doesn't lead to a fracturing.
3
Kieran Culkin
They put me in a whole body suit, from my neck to my ankles. It was so bad, I couldn't straighten my legs.
4
Jerry Falwell
If I were doing something that the Bible condemns, I have two choices. I can straighten up my act, or I can somehow distort and twist and change the meaning of the Bible.
5
Natalie Goldberg
If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
6
Ginnifer Goodwin
I have very curly hair and I straighten it every day - it takes maybe two minutes. I can't imagine anyone having a bigger challenge than I do in the kinkiness that is my crazy 'fro.'
7
Warren G. Harding
I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it.
8
Langston Hughes
When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.
9
Anatoly Karpov
The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten things out. But we should not wait that long anymore to change the situation, because we are running out of time.
10
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRAIGHTEN»

Discover the use of straighten in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to straighten and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Erectile Dysfunction? It's Time to Straighten Up...
These writings will be handed down to generation after generation. This book, and the ones to follow, is in settings of fiction, entailing non-fiction facts.
Bob Bryan, 2005
2
Straighten up and fly right: a chronology and discography of ...
A complete survey of the jazz pianist, listing for the first time Cole's unknown 16" transcriptions of his "Wild Root" broadcasts.
Klaus Teubig, 1994
3
The everything organize your home book: straighten up the ...
A useful guide to getting organized shows readers how to clear the chaos, create storage space, organize with flair, and establish good storage habits. Original.
Jason Rich, 2002
4
Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 Classroom in a Book
With the Straighten tool you can manually specify a line in a tilted image that should be horizontal or vertical and Photoshop will straighten the image accordingly. 1 In the toolbox, select the Straighten tool ( ). 2 For this image, the horizon is ...
Adobe Creative Team, 2010
5
Real World Nikon Capture NX 2
Straighten You can use Capture NX's Straighten tool to level out those images that might have been shot a little off-kilter. Be aware, however, that straightening an image also results in your image being cropped. When you rotate an image to  ...
Ben Long, 2008
6
Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS4
Crop and Straighten Tools The Crop and Straighten tools are just two variations of the same tool. The Crop tool is used to set the image pixels that will be processed by Camera Raw. You can drag out a marquee selection to set the crop and ...
Bruce Fraser, Jeff Schewe, 2010
7
iPhoto 09 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide
Straightening. Photos. Most ofthe time, we're pretty good at keeping the horizon level in photos, but every now and then we mess up, as in the picture ofa glacier in Figure 6.20. Since iPhoto can straighten images, it was easy to rotate the angle  ...
Adam Engst, 2009
8
10-minute Housekeeping: Hundreds Of Easy Tips To Clean And ...
You'll learn why 10 minutes a day is enough to keep your house clean and clutter-free, how to prioritize cleaning so that the 10 minutes is well-spent, tips on keeping kitchens bright and shiny and bathrooms germ-free, and simple yet ...
Rose R. Kennedy, 2006
9
Back on Track: How to Straighten Out Your Life When It ...
The former Today Show anchorwoman describes her bout with depression, shares stories of other women's struggles with crises, and offers advice for overcoming adversity
Deborah Norville, 1997
10
Islam: Questions and Answers - Basis for Jurisprudence and ...
It is Sunnah for the imam to straighten the rows himself, or to tell the congregation to straighten the rows. A variety of expressions are narrated in the Sunnah, all of them telling the worshippers to straighten the rows, and warning them against ...
Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STRAIGHTEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term straighten is used in the context of the following news items.
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Photos: Using the Tilt Wheel to Straighten
Believe it or not, this is pretty simple to fix; in iPhoto, there's a big ol' “Straighten” button within Edit mode that'll let you do just that. In Photos, that option is still ... «The Mac Observer, Jul 15»
2
Moving pictures show brave teenage girl's secret lifelong battle to …
These moving pictures show a brave teenage girl's lifelong battle to straighten her curved spine. Hannah was just nine when she was diagnosed with idiopathic ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
3
Straighten Up and Teach Right
For millions of schoolchildren and their parents the most important appointment made by the new government may prove to be that of the teacher and former ... «The Times, Jun 15»
4
Can This Election Straighten Crooked Mexico?
Can This Election Straighten Crooked Mexico? After years of kickbacks and backroom deals with drug traffickers, Mexicans are finally talking about corruption. «Foreign Policy, Jun 15»
5
/Straight teeth, no braces. Straighten teeth the natural way with a …
Myobrace is a no-braces orthodontic approach to help straighten your teeth and jaws. Treatment addresses the poor oral habits that are the real cause of ... «Elko Daily Free Press, May 15»
6
The One Hair Straightening Mistake You're Probably Making
If you're straightening your hair by dragging your flat iron downwards, then you're doing it wrong. This method causes hair to lose its body, resulting in flat, ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
7
Straightening your teeth at home can be risky
"The American Association of Orthodontists is urging consumers to beware of Internet videos and websites which encourage people to try and straighten their ... «WKMG Orlando, Apr 15»
8
How to straighten your teeth without braces
Bayley Dental in Waterloo is happy to offer the latest in orthodontic technology. Imagine being able to straighten your teeth without braces. In the past, this was ... «Waterloo Record, Apr 15»
9
Yodice: Lets straighten out boys basketball state record book
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It was with much fanfare during this past boys basketball season that we, and others, reported that boys basketball coach Jim Murphy ... «Albuquerque Journal, Apr 15»
10
Device implanted in LI girl's spine helps her stand straighter
The rods respond to magnetic-wave energy, will permanently straighten the ... into a 4-year-old Hempstead girl as a way to permanently straighten her spine and ... «Newsday, Apr 15»

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