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tight
What does tight mean?
tight (adjective): fitting close, or too close, to the body.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce tight?
/taɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does tight come from?
From Middle English tight, tyght, tyȝt, tiht, variants of thight, thiht, from Old English *þiht, *þīht (attested in meteþiht).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of tight?
Words related to tight
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “tight” mean?
common to all society; worldwide, global
Not quite: that's what universal means.
fitting close, or too close, to the body
Right! That's what “tight” means.
soft and mild rather than hard or severe
Not quite: that's what gentle means.
untrue, not factual, factually incorrect
Not quite: that's what false means.
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