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tightenings

tightenings is the plural of tightening.

Meaning of tightening

Noun

tightening (plural tightenings)

  1. 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

Questions about tightenings

What is tightenings the plural of?
Tightenings is the plural of tightening.

Words near tightenings in the dictionary

  1. tightening the purse strings
  2. tightening the purse-strings
  3. tightening the pursestrings
  4. tightening up
  5. tighteningly
  6. tightenings
  7. tightens
  8. tightens down
  9. tightens one's belt
  10. tightens the purse strings
  11. tightens the purse-strings

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