Meaning

2 senses
  1. Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.

    Hold on tight to the rope.

    fest

    міцноmicno

    firmly or closely

  2. Soundly.

    Good night, sleep tight.

Examples

477 sentences
  1. Tom is on a very tight schedule.

    У Тома дуже щільний графік. — deniko

    ruУ Тома очень плотный график. — odexed

  2. I'm on a really tight schedule this week.

    Цього тижня в мене дуже щільний графік. — miketheknight

    ruНа этой неделе у меня очень плотный график. — odexed

  3. Tom held Mary tight.

    Том міцно тримав Мері. — deniko

    ruТом крепко обнял Мэри. — sharptoothed

  4. Hold on tight.

    Тримайся міцно. — deniko

    ruДержись крепко. — marafon

  5. Shut the door tight.

    Зачини двері щільніше. — deniko

    ruЗакройте дверь плотнее. — MARDEN

    deMach die Tür fest zu! — Yorwba

Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
firmly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
firmly:

Origin

From Middle English tight, tyght, tyȝt, tiht, variants of thight, thiht, from Old English

From Middle English tight, tyght, tyȝt, tiht, variants of thight, thiht, from Old English *þiht, *þīht (attested in meteþiht), from Proto-West Germanic *þį̄ht(ī), from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tenkt- (“dense, thick, tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, pull”).

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Forms

tighter, tightest
Comparativetighter Lesson
Superlativetightest

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms
antonym(s) of

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • tight schedule
  • are too tight
  • a tight schedule
  • on a tight
  • a tight budget
  • very tight schedule
  • a very tight
  • tight budget
  • hold on tight
  • tight fitting
  • too tight for
  • tight spot

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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