Meaning | The act of making something tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter. |
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Example | "the tightening of economic controls" |
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Narrower | take-up | The action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in |
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Broader | alteration, modification, adjustment | The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
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Opposite | loosening, laxation | The act of making something less tight / tight / tight / tight |
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Spanish | agarrotamiento |
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Catalan | encarcarament |
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Verbs | tighten | make tight / tight or tighter / tighter |
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