tighten

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• /ˈtaɪ.tən/
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• [ˈthaɪ̯tn̩]
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• [ˈthaɪ̯ʔn̩]
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• rhymes with -aɪtən
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• homophone: titan
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• homophone: Titan
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• CMU ARPABET: T AY1 T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Synchronically equivalent to tight + -en, but actually derived from Middle English tighten, from Old English tyhtan, thus originally unrelated to tight (Old English *þiht).

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shtrëngoj — to make tighter
• Albanian: ngushtoj — to make tighter
• Arabic: شَدَّ (šadda) — to make tighter
• Arabic: ضَيَّقَ (ḍayyaqa) — to make tighter
• Arabic: حَبَكَ (ḥabaka) — to make tighter
• Assamese: কচা (kosa) — to make tighter
• Bulgarian: стягам (stjagam) — to make tighter
• Bulgarian: опъвам (opǎvam) — to make tighter
• Catalan: cenyir — to make tighter
• Ngazidja Comorian: usasanya — to make tighter
• Czech: dotáhnout — to make tighter
• Czech: utáhnout — to make tighter
• Dutch: aandraaien — to make tighter
• Dutch: strakker maken — to make tighter
• Dutch: strakker doen — to make tighter
• Finnish: kiristää — to make tighter
• Finnish: tiukentaa — to make tighter
• French: serrer — to make tighter
• Friulian: strenzi — to make tighter
• Friulian: strengi — to make tighter
• German: anziehen — to make tighter
• German: straffen — to make tighter
• Greek: σφίγγω (sfíngo) — to make tighter
• Hungarian: szorít — to make tighter
• Ingrian: kuristaa — to make tighter
• Ingrian: tiukata — to make tighter
• Irish: dlúthaigh — to make tighter
• Italian: stringere — to make tighter
• Ladin: strenjer — to make tighter
• Ladin: strenje — to make tighter
• Latin: stringō — to make tighter
• Lithuanian: veržti — to make tighter
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: heɣet — to make tighter
• Māori: whakakikī — to make tighter
• Māori: nonoti — to make tighter
• Māori: whakawhena — to make tighter
• Marathi: घट्ट करणे (ghaṭṭa karṇe) — to make tighter
• Neapolitan: strenge — to make tighter
• Polish: zacieśniać — to make tighter
• Portuguese: apertar — to make tighter
• Romanian: strânge — to make tighter
• Russian: натя́гивать (natjágivatʹ) — to make tighter
• Russian: натяну́ть (natjanútʹ) — to make tighter
• Russian: затя́гивать (zatjágivatʹ) — to make tighter
• Russian: затяну́ть (zatjanútʹ) — to make tighter
• Spanish: apretar — to make tighter
• Spanish: tensar — to make tighter
• Spanish: ceñir — to make tighter
• Spanish: ajustar — to make tighter
• Spanish: cinchar — to make tighter
• Swedish: dra åt — to make tighter
• Tày: bọp — to make tighter
• Turkish: sıkmak — to make tighter
• Ottoman Turkish: كرمك (germek) — to make tighter
• Ottoman Turkish: قاصمق (kasmak) — to make tighter
• Albanian: ngushtoj — to become tighter
• Albanian: shtrejtoj — to become tighter
• Bulgarian: стягам се (stjagam se) — to become tighter
• Bulgarian: опъвам се (opǎvam se) — to become tighter
• Finnish: kiristyä — to become tighter
• Finnish: tiukentua — to become tighter
• French: se resserrer — to become tighter
• Hungarian: feszül — to become tighter
• Ingrian: kuristua — to become tighter
• Irish: dlúthaigh — to become tighter
• Marathi: घट्ट होणे (ghaṭṭa hoṇe) — to become tighter
• Polish: zacieśniać się — to become tighter
• Russian: натя́гиваться (natjágivatʹsja) — to become tighter
• Russian: натяну́ться (natjanútʹsja) — to become tighter
• Russian: затя́гиваться (zatjágivatʹsja) — to become tighter
• Russian: затяну́ться (zatjanútʹsja) — to become tighter
• Spanish: tensarse — to become tighter
• Turkish: daralmak — to become tighter
• Turkish: darlaşmak — to become tighter
• Finnish: kiristää — to make money harder to obtain
• Spanish: endurecer la política monetaria — to make money harder to obtain
• Turkish: kısmak — to make money harder to obtain
• Albanian: shtrejtoj — to raise interest rate
• Finnish: nostaa korkoa — to raise interest rate
• Finnish: korottaa — to raise interest rate
• French: resserrer les taux — to raise interest rate