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1. (v.t.) heighten
to increase the degree or amount of; augment.
2. heighten
to strengthen, deepen, or intensify:
to heighten one's awareness.
3. heighten
to increase the height of; make higher.
4. heighten
to bring out the important features of, as in a drawing.
5. (v.i.) heighten
to increase:
The tension heightened.
6. heighten
to become brighter or more intense.
Etymology: (1515–25)
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| Definition of 'heighten' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) heighten, rise
become more extreme
"The tension heightened"
2. (verb) heighten
make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
"heightened interest"
3. (verb) enhance, heighten, raise
increase
"This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
4. (verb) heighten
increase the height of
"The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
5. (verb) sharpen, heighten
make (one's senses) more acute
"This drug will sharpen your vision"
6. (verb) intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
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"
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1. (verb) heighten
to make a feeling stronger
The party leader's arrest heightened tension in the region.
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| Definition of 'heighten' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) heighten
to make high; to raise higher; to elevate
2. (verb) heighten
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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Sense: to make or become higher
to heighten the garden wall.
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 Afrikaans: verhoog |
 Arabic: يَرْفَع |
 Bulgarian: повишавам (се) |
 Brazilian: elevar |
 Czech: zvýšit |
 German: erhöhen |
 Danish: forhøje |
 Greek: υψώνω |
 Spanish: elevar, levantar, hacer m |
 Estonian: kõrgendama |
 Farsi: بلند كردن |
 Finnish: korottaa |
 French: (sur)élever |
 Hebrew: לְהַגבִּיהה |
 Hindi: ऊंचा करना या हो जाना |
 Croatian: povisiti |
 Hungarian: magasít; felemel |
 Indonesian: meninggikan |
 Icelandic: hækka |
 Italian: innalzare |
 Japanese: 高くする (なる) |
 Korean: 높이다 |
 Lithuanian: paaukštėti, paaukštinti |
 Latvian: paaugstināt; palielināt; |
 Malay: meninggikan |
 Dutch: verhogen, ophogen, hoger |
 Norwegian: forhøye, lage høyere |
 Polish: podwyższać |
 Persian: بلند كردن |
 Pashto: لوړول ، اوچتول ، او چنېدل |
 Romanian: aînălţa |
 Russian: повышать(ся) |
 Slovak: zvýšiť |
 Slovenian: zvišati (se) |
 Serbian: povisiti |
 Swedish: höja, bli högre |
 Thai: ทำให้สูงขึ้น |
 Turkish: yüksel(t)mek |
 Taiwanese: 加高，變高 |
 Ukrainian: підвищувати(ся); підсилюв |
 Urdu: اونچا کرنا یا ہونا |
 Vietnamese: làm cao hơn |
 Chinese: 加高 |
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