how to pronounce tightening

/ˈtaɪtənɪŋ/

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tightening is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of tightening in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… belt tightening again like in the 1930s …”

meanings of tightening

verb:

Present participle of tighten.

noun:

The act or process of making more tight.

tightening frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word tightening occurs in english on average 2.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics tightening can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that tightening can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;