tight

/taɪt/ adjective

Definition

FIRM › firm and difficult to move: Make sure the knot is tight.

CLOTHES › fitting your body very closely: a tight skirt

CONTROLLED › controlled and obeying all rules completely: tight security They kept tight control of the school budget.

STRAIGHT › If cloth, wire, skin, etc is tight, it has been pulled so that it is straight or smooth.

NOT MUCH › If money, time, or space is tight, there is only just enough of it: We should get six people into the car but it will be tight.

tightly adverb tightness noun [U]

(Definition of tight adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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