Meaning

1 senses

  1. To tighten (bolts, etc.) in advance.

Origin

From pre- + tighten.

From pre- + tighten.

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Forms

pretightens, pretightening, pretightened, pretightened
Base formpretighten · to pretighten
3rd person singularpretightens
Present participlepretightening
Past simplepretightened
Past participlepretightened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypretighten
he, she, itpretightens

Past simpleLesson

all personspretightened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pretightened
he, she, ithas pretightened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pretighten

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
preteritepretextprettyA1
pretighten — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto