Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tighten
plural tightenings
- The act or process of making more tight.
There are lingering feelings among some board members, especially in the developing world, that the fund joined with the United States and other wealthy countries in demanding overly austere budget cuts and other fiscal tightenings for the countries that were bailed out in the previous decade.
2007 September 28, Steven R. Weisman, “I.M.F. Faces a Question of Identity”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic تَضْيِيق
- تَضْيِيق (taḍyīq)process
Greek σφίξιμο
- σφίξιμο (sfíximo)process
Hebrew הידוק
- הידוק (hiduq)process
Cite this entry
tightening. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tightening
“tightening.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tightening. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tightening,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tightening.
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