tighten

/ˈtaɪtn/

意味: 締める、強化する

例文: Haruki tightened the lid.
　　  ハルキはふたを締めた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: tighten screws(ネジを締める), tighten security(セキュリティを強化する), tighten belt(ベルトを締める)

定義: 何かをよりきつくすること、またはしっかりとすること。たとえば、ネジを締めたり、ベルトをきつくしたりすることです。状況や規則を厳しくすることにも使われます。

tightenは約300,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: make tight or tighter
Verb: become tight or tighter
Verb: restrict
Verb: narrow or limit

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Please tighten the screws before using the machine.(機械を使う前にネジを締めてください。)
We need to tighten security around the building.(建物の警備を強化する必要があります。)
She tried to tighten her grip on the rope.(彼女はロープをもっと強く握ろうとした。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: Tighten the wire
Verb: The rope tightened
Verb: Tighten the rules
Verb: stiffen the regulations
Verb: reduce the influx of foreigners

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): constrain, fasten, reduce, stiffen, tighten, tighten up

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, restrict

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ascend, ash, assibilate, assimilate, assume, automatize, awaken, baffle, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, break into, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, calcify, camp, capacitate, capture, carbonate, caseate, catch, catch on, cause to sleep, centralize, change by reversal, change integrity, change intensity, change magnitude, change posture, change shape, change state, change surface, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clamp down, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clinker, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, collapse, color, come, come in, come round, commercialize, communize, commute, complexify, complicate, concretize, condense, confuse, conjugate, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, crash, creolize, cry, cure, customize, damage, darken, dawn, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decalcify, decarboxylate, decay, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deepen, defervesce, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, deoxidize, depersonalize, depolarize, desalinate, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, die, digest, digitize, dim, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, distill, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, draw the line, dress, drift, drop, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, fail, fall, fall for, fatten, felt, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flip, flocculate, fly, fold, form, format, foul, freeze, frenchify, freshen, full, gate, gel, gelatinize, give way, glamorize, glaze, glorify, go out, gradate, grow, gum, habituate, hamper, harden, harmonize, harshen, have, heat, hue, humanize, humble, hush, hydrate, hydrogenate, hydrolyze, ice up, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, indurate, industrialize, inflate, inform, inhibit, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introject, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, ionize, islamize, isomerize, keratinize, laicize, leave, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, lighten, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, mark off, masculinize, mature, mechanize, mellow, militarize, mince, mix, modernize, modify, mold, morph, move, muddy, mutate, mythologize, narrow, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, obsolesce, occidentalize, occult, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, oxidise, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, pass, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, play out, poison, polarize, politicize, port, prim, professionalize, promote, proof, prostrate, purify, put, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recede, receive, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, reduce, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, regenerate, regress, rejuvenate, relax, remodel, reorient, repress, restore, restrain, resume, reticulate, revolutionize, right, ripen, rise, roll, romanticize, round off, rule, rusticate, salinate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, separate, sequester, set, settle, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shear, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smoothen, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solarize, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, spot, sputter, stabilize, stagnate, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, stratify, strengthen, string, sublime, substitute, suburbanize, suffuse, superannuate, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, swing, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, synthesize, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tie, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpire, transpose, turn, turn back, turn on, uglify, ulcerate, unclutter, undergo, undulate, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulcanize, vulgarise, warm, warm up, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): compress, constrict, frap, screw, strain, tauten, wind

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: tightening

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): en

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anger