Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character or quality of being tight, in any sense of that word.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or condition of being tight.
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- noun The quality or degree of being
tight
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
- noun extreme stinginess
- noun a tight feeling in some part of the body
- noun the spatial property of being crowded together
- noun lack of movement or room for movement
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Examples
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Air tightness is determined with a blower door test which pressurizes (and depressurizes) the house to 50 Pascals.
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St. Louis OF Jim Edmonds is day-to-day with groin tightness after leaving Thursday's game.
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Brazilian supply still months away, near term tightness should support.
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Brazilian supply still months away, near term tightness should support.
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India is a "potential important contributor to medium-term tightness of the iron ore market,"
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Clijsters later played down the injury she described as tightness in her left hip, saying she will undergo an MRI next week to make sure it is nothing serious.
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This credit tightness translates into smaller positions held for shorter durations that provide greater liquidity in case of sharp upward pressure in any of the various commodity markets.
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This credit tightness translates into smaller positions held for shorter durations that provide greater liquidity in case of sharp upward pressure in any of the various commodity markets.
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This credit tightness translates into smaller positions held for shorter durations that provide greater liquidity in case of sharp upward pressure in any of the various commodity markets.
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Indian companies felt marginally relieved on Monday after the Reserve Bank of India cut the cash reserve ratio by 50 basis points as most of them expected only short-term tightness to ease a bit.
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