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Definitions for heighten
ˈhaɪt nheight·en

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. heighten, riseverb

    become more extreme

    "The tension heightened"

  2. heightenverb

    make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

    "heightened interest"

  3. enhance, heighten, raiseverb

    increase

    "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"

  4. heightenverb

    increase the height of

    "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"

  5. sharpen, heightenverb

    make (one's senses) more acute

    "This drug will sharpen your vision"

  6. intensify, compound, heighten, deepenverb

    make more intense, stronger, or more marked

    "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"

Wiktionary

  1. heightenverb

    To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

  2. heightenverb

    To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Heightenverb

    Etymology: from height.

    Foreign states gave us their assistance in reducing our country to a state of peace; and which of them used their endeavours to heighten our confusions, and plunge us into all the evils of a civil war? Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

    As in a room, contrived for state, the height of the roof should bear a proportion to the area; so in the heightenings of poetry, the strength and vehemence of figures should be suited to the occasion. John Dryden, Span. Fryar, Dedication.

ChatGPT

  1. heighten

    To heighten means to make or become more intense, stronger, or increase in quantity, degree, or force. It can also refer to making something higher or taller in physical form.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Heightenverb

    to make high; to raise higher; to elevate

  2. Heightenverb

    to carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of heighten in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of heighten in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of heighten in a Sentence

  1. Atsushi Miyanoya:

    Many companies set their assumed dollar/yen rates around 110 yen, so recent yen rises would heighten downside risks to corporate revenues.

  2. John W. Gardner:

    When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied 'Only stand out of my light.' Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light.

  3. Stanley Hazen:

    Thirty grams was enough to make blood levels of erythritol go up a thousandfold, it remained elevated above the threshold necessary to trigger and heighten clotting risk for the following two to three days.

  4. Josef Joffe:

    There is only one winner for sure: that is the AfD party, and that will heighten the pressure on Merkel to stem the refugee flow she herself has invited into the country.

  5. Defense Department spokesman:

    We are concerned that additional North Korean provocations could heighten tensions, lead to a cycle of escalation.

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