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# tightness

«tightness» in Mova's school dictionary: **being tight: fitting very closely, being firmly fixed, or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (tightness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Tightness is being tight: fitting very closely, being firmly fixed, or being pulled hard: the tightness of my shoes, the tightness of a rope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightness/#m1)

2) Tightness in your body is a feeling of being squeezed or stiff: tightness in the chest, in the muscles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightness/#m2)

3) Tightness can also mean being close and loyal, as a group: the tightness of a team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightness/#m3)

4) Tightness of money means there is very little to spare. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightness/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and health lessons, stretching helps muscle tightness. Safety: sudden chest tightness, especially with pain or trouble breathing, needs an adult and maybe emergency help; in asthma, chest tightness is a warning sign to use an inhaler. In stories it describes worry: "a tightness in her throat". Phrases: "chest tightness", "muscle tightness", "tightness of money".

### examples

- The tightness of my new shoes gave me blisters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightness/#x1)
- Stretching before the race helped the tightness in my legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightness/#x2)
- Tell an adult if you feel tightness in your chest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightness/#x3)
- My asthma makes my chest feel tight; the tightness goes after my inhaler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightness/#x4)
- Check the tightness of the bike's bolts before you ride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightness/#x5)
- She felt a tightness in her throat before she cried. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightness/#x6)
- The team's tightness helped them win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightness/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Formed from tight + ness. Adverb: tightly. "Tight" can also be informal UK slang for mean with money (stingy).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tightness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.