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- DictionaryStrait·ened/ˈstrātnd/
adjective
- 1. characterized by poverty: "they lived in straitened circumstances"
- 2. restricted in range or scope: "their straitened horizons"
The meaning of STRAITEN is to make strait or narrow. How to use straiten in a sentence.
STRAITENED definition: 1. A straitened situation is difficult because there is much less money available to you than there…. Learn more.
Straitened definition: characterized by financial difficulty or limited means. See examples of STRAITENED used in a sentence.
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him. to restrict in range, extent, amount, pecuniary means, etc: Poverty straitens one's way of living. Archaic.
Define straitened. straitened synonyms, straitened pronunciation, straitened translation, English dictionary definition of straitened. tr.v. strait·ened , strait·en·ing , strait·ens 1. To put or bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship.
STRAITENED meaning: 1. A straitened situation is difficult because there is much less money available to you than there…. Learn more.
Definition of straitened adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To straiten is to restrict financially, the way having your rent increase can straiten your circumstances if your salary stays the same. The verb straiten is an old-fashioned one, but it's one way to describe a situation that's been diminished or constrained, usually because of money problems.
adjective. formal. affected by financial difficulties or restrictions. There is much talk of cuts in the diplomatic service in these straitened times. the more straitened economic circumstances of the 1990s. His father died when he was ten, leaving the family in straitened circumstances. Collins English Dictionary.
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