"tightness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tightness.wav Forms: tightnesses [plural]
Etymology: From tight + -ness. Etymology templates: {{af|en|tight|-ness}} tight + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tightness (countable and uncountable, plural tightnesses)
  1. The quality or degree of being tight. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: chest tightness Translations (the quality of being tight): стегнатост (stegnatost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), сбитост (sbitost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kitsakas (Estonian), ahtake (Estonian), pingas (Estonian), tihe (Estonian), tihkjas (Estonian), tiukkuus (Finnish), ahtaus (Finnish), étroitesse (French), kesempitan (Indonesian), strettezza (Italian)

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