Definitions for Heighten
ˈhaɪt nheight·en

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Heightenverb

   Etymology: from height.

   1. To raise higher.2. To improve; to meliorate.3. To aggravate.

   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.

   4. To improve by decorations.

   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.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

Matched Categories

1. • Increase
   • Intensify
   • Raise

How to pronounce Heighten?

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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. John Ratcliffe:

   The American people rightfully have enormous concerns about the manner in which the Clinton email investigation was conducted, recent reports suggesting the outcome of the investigation was predetermined only heighten these concerns.

2. 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.

3. Neil Bennett:

   The mountain itself will work like a bathtub holding the water. The cave system below is effectively the escape route for that water. So as soon as the rain builds up in some part of the mountain system, the water level is going to rise in the caves, the predictions of the water that's coming, of the rain that's coming, is going to heighten the danger now for those in the cave system. So they'll be back to a more difficult situation, with very strong flooding, very strong currents to fight against, and the visibility will be very poor.

4. Del Rosario:

   The Philippines fully supports and will pro-actively promote the call of the United States on the '3 halts': halt in reclamation, halt in construction, and halt in aggressive actions that could further heighten tensions, we will agree to be bound only if China and other claimant states agree to the same.

5. Credit Suisse:

   Both these factors heighten the risk of delay.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Heighten
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Heighten
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Heighten
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Heighten