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When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.
Ann Kirkpatrick

Meaning of "tightening" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TIGHTENING

tightening  [ˈtaɪtənɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TIGHTENING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tightening is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TIGHTENING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tightening in the English dictionary

The definition of tightening in the dictionary is the act of becoming tense and stiff, for example because you are angry or worriedtightening of sth. Other definition of tightening is the act of making a rule, policy, or system stricter or more efficienttightening of sth.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TIGHTENING


air-conditioning
ˈɛəkənˌdɪʃ ənɪŋ
battening
ˈbætənɪŋ
conditioning
kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ
disheartening
dɪsˈhɑːtənɪŋ
gardening
ˈɡɑːdənɪŋ
governing
ˈɡʌvənɪŋ
happening
ˈhæpənɪŋ
heartening
ˈhɑːtənɪŋ
life-threatening
ˈlaɪfθretənɪŋ
lightening
ˈlaɪtənɪŋ
nonfattening
ˌnɒnˈfætənɪŋ
nonthreatening
ˌnɒnˈθrɛtənɪŋ
opening
ˈəʊpənɪŋ
patterning
ˈpætənɪŋ
positioning
pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ
shortening
ˈʃɔːtənɪŋ
sweetening
ˈswiːtənɪŋ
threatening
ˈθrɛtənɪŋ
unenlightening
ˌʌnɪnˈlaɪtənɪŋ
unthreatening
ʌnˈθretənɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TIGHTENING

tight-arse
tight-arsed
tight-fitting
tight-lipped
tight-rope walking
tightass
tightassed
tighten
tighten one´s belt
tightener
tightfisted
tightfistedness
tightish
tightishly
tightknit
tightly
tightness
tightrope
tightrope walker
tightrope walking

WORDS THAT END LIKE TIGHTENING

awakening
beginning
christening
easy listening
enlightening
evening
fastening
frightening
good evening
grand opening
hardening
intervening
listening
screening
sharpening
strengthening
thickening
weakening
whitening
widening
worsening

Synonyms and antonyms of tightening in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TIGHTENING»

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

Translation of «tightening» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TIGHTENING

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

Translator English - Chinese

紧缩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

endurecimiento
570 millions of speakers

English

tightening
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تشديد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ужесточение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aperto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কষাকষি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

resserrement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengetatkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anziehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

締め付け
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

체결
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tightening
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thắt chặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறுக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कडकपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sıkma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

serraggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaostrzenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жорсткість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

strângere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σύσφιξη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

strenger
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

åtstramning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

innstramming
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tightening

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TIGHTENING»

The term «tightening» is very widely used and occupies the 21.975 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TIGHTENING» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «TIGHTENING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tightening.
1
Evan Bayh
Families and businesses are tightening their belts to make ends meet - and Washington should too.
2
Marek Belka
We're in a tightening cycle and the reason is the economy is growing, there's no expectation that the global economy and the Polish economy as a consequence could slow down dramatically.
3
Eric Cantor
Again, the American people expect us to do what they are doing. It's tightening the belt, it's learning how to do more with less. That's a reality today, and we've got to do that in order to get the private sector growing.
4
Ann Kirkpatrick
When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.
5
Michael McCaul
Our farmers and ranchers have never faced as many problems as they do today with drought, range fires, high gas prices and an ever tightening budget on agriculture subsidies.
6
Michael McCaul
We're making it more difficult to obtain the necessary ingredients to produce meth and tightening criminal penalties for those who deal in this dangerous drug.
7
Ben Quayle
Everyone across America is tightening their belts. The only place it hasn't happened is D.C.
8
Pete Sessions
As families and small businesses alike are tightening their belts to account for the worsening economy, they have every right to ask: 'Why isn't my government doing the same?'
9
Navjot Singh Sidhu
You got to choose between tightening your belt or losing your pants.
10
William T. Vollmann
As large publishers turn into monopolies, and the MBAs who are running them - maybe editors used to run them before - are steadily tightening the screws, they feel more and more that they get to call the shots.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TIGHTENING»

Discover the use of tightening in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tightening and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Non-Surgical Skin Tightening and Lifting
This new title presents up-to-the-minute guidance on the hottest non-surgical skin tightening and lifting techniques shaping today's practice.
Murad Alam, Jeffrey S. Dover, 2008
2
Tightening Your Bootstraps: 104 Tips to Kick Your Debt to ...
The purpose of this book is to provide tips towards debt-free living. Tightening Your Bootstraps: 104 Tips to Kick Your Debt to the Curb Now! identifies how to save, spend, invest, and pay-off debt.
Karen S. Ratliff, 2010
3
Literature Review Tightening the Iron Cage: Concertive ...
Tightening the Iron Cage: Concertive Control in Self-Managing Team by James Barker (1993) deals with a type of organisational control which gained more and more recognition amongst theorists of organisational and management theory in recent ...
Candy Lange, 2006
4
Tightening the Reins: Towards a Strengthened International ...
Problems and prospects of the new system are discussed in this book by a team of German and international scholars, practitioners and officials.
Erwin Häckel, Gotthard Stein, 2011
5
Bolted Joint Engineering: Fundamentals and Applications
In either case, the minimum axial tension obtained through the plastic region tightening method is the axial tension at which the maximum thread surface friction coefficient intersects with the minimum yield strength of the bolt in Fig. 3.25.
Tomotsugu Sakai, 2008
6
Tightening the Knot: Couple-Tested Ideas to Keep Your ...
A perfect gift for a bride- or groom-to-be--or for couples married for years--Tightening the Knot provides words of honesty, wisdom, encouragement, and humor from the real experts about marriage: other couples who have really "been there".
Susan Alexander Yates, Allison Yates Gaskins, 1995
7
The Tightening String
This novel records the lives of a group of English diplomats in Budapest from the Spring of 1940, up to the entry of the Germans which compels them to leave in Easter 1941.
Ann Bridge, 2011
8
Electrical Contacts: Fundamentals, Applications and Technology
Fundamentals, Applications and Technology Milenko Braunovic, Nikolai K. Myshkin, Valery V. Konchits. is considerable variation in this relationship. Furthermore, not only must the tightening torque be specified, but the rate of tightening must ...
Milenko Braunovic, Nikolai K. Myshkin, Valery V. Konchits, 2006
9
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
and governing the approach of said devices into upper tightening relation to the shoe and means additional to said devices for guiding the operator in presenting the shoe with its welt crease in the plane of approach of said devices, said ...
‎1916
10
The Tightening Grip: A Crime Thriller
It’s the year after the big floods and South Brisbane is rocked by a series of puzzling murders.
Anita Heiss, St Laurence's Students Staff, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TIGHTENING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tightening is used in the context of the following news items.
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Asian coal prices lifted by tightening markets in China, India
But analysts said that China's tightening market was temporary. “Coal consumption is falling as authorities attempt to address the country's air pollution crisis . «Livemint, Jun 15»
2
Economic Indicators by Fed Tightening Cycle
There's no bigger topic on the mind of investors than when the Federal Reserve will start tightening rates. Ignoring for the moment that QE4 may come before ... «ValueWalk, May 15»
3
BlackRock: Fed tightening to trigger market tremors as liquidity …
Russ Koesterich, chief investment strategist and managing director at the world's biggest asset manager, said that while the "very gentle" tightening expected by ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
4
'Immaculate tightening' a fool's errand: BlackRock
"[Fed] Chair Yellen is still trying to create an immaculate tightening, in which they're going to raise rates but no one's expectations are going to be changed, ... «CNBC, Mar 15»
5
Stocks need clarity on the tightening cycle
Are we at the start of a tightening cycle, or not? That seems to be the question. The answer: We seem to be in that shadowy period leading up to a tightening ... «CNBC, Mar 15»
6
US wholesale inventories rise; labor market tightening
JOBS MARKET TIGHTENING. But with the labor market tightening, the cool-off in growth is likely to be temporary. In a separate report, the National Federation of ... «Reuters, Mar 15»
7
Brazil's Central Bank Raises Rates, But Tightening Trend Coming …
Money is not cheap in Latin America's largest economy these days, but that Central Bank tightening trend is coming to an end. Brazil's Central Bank decided to ... «Forbes, Mar 15»
8
Brazil's Rousseff urges cabinet to back belt-tightening
BRASILIA Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff urged her cabinet on Tuesday to embrace fiscal belt-tightening and other measures aimed at restoring business ... «Reuters, Jan 15»
9
Unlikely prospect of RBNZ rate cut rears head as tightening cycle …
Before the bank signalled a pause in its tightening cycle in July last year, some 70 basis points of hikes had been priced in. The direction of the OCR turned ... «The National Business Review, Jan 15»
10
Poll shows slight tightening of Pennsylvania Governor's race
HARRISBURG, PA —A new poll shows Pennsylvania's gubernatorial race tightening slightly as Republican Gov. Tom Corbett picks up support among likely ... «WTAE Pittsburgh, Oct 14»

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