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Meanings of tightness in English

Portuguese
parcimónia
Catalan
mesquinesa

Extreme stinginess.

      parcimónia
      Portuguese
      densidade
      Catalan
      densitat
      Spanish
      densidad

      The spatial property of being crowded together.

          densidade
          Catalan
          tibantor
          Spanish
          tensión

          Lack of movement or room for movement.

              tibantor
              Portuguese
              escassez
              Catalan
              escassetat
              Spanish
              escasez

              A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit.

                    escassez
                    Usage of tightness in English
                    1
                    Gasoline gained on regional supply tightness in the key East Coast market.
                    Reuters
                    2
                    Improvements include full insulation, double glazing, improved air-tightness, ventilation and new heating.
                    Radio NZ
                    3
                    Lakers reserve guard Alex Caruso left the contest with right calf tightness.
                    Reuters
                    4
                    There is no such sense of strain and tightness in the atmosphere.
                    Letters from America
                    5
                    He left the game early on Wednesday with tightness in his back.
                    Reuters
                    6
                    These containers were nothing like true barrels for strength, water-tightness, or cost.
                    The system of the world
                    7
                    Philadelphia point guard Ben Simmons missed the game due to back tightness.
                    Reuters
                    8
                    In the past when Shorts has experienced tightness, he has missed time.
                    Reuters
                    9
                    Millsap missed his third game in a row with left knee tightness.
                    Reuters
                    10
                    Rewatching it recently, I was surprised by the tightness of its construction.
                    The Guardian
                    11
                    He felt that familiar tightness in his chest again at the thought.
                    The black prism
                    12
                    Arkoniel inhaled deeply, trying to ease the growing tightness in his chest.
                    The Bone Doll's Twin
                    13
                    India is experiencing a bout of cash tightness that started in mid-November.
                    Reuters
                    14
                    He was very hoarse, and complained of a tightness in his chest.
                    Opening a Chestnut Burr
                    15
                    He knew that, but he couldn't help the tightness in his chest.
                    The Burning Dark
                    16
                    They relieved the tightness of my heart, the band across my brain.
                    An Englishwoman's Home
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                    Translations for tightness
                    Tightness through the time
                    Tightness across language varieties
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Less common