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- Dictionaryheighten/ˈhʌɪtn/
verb
- 1. make or become more intense: "the pleasure was heightened by the sense of guilt that accompanied it" Similar Opposite
- 2. make (something) higher: "the stage will be extended, heightening the grid by 3.4 metres" Similar Opposite
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HEIGHTEN definition: 1. to increase or make something increase, especially an emotion or effect: 2. to increase or make…. Learn more.
1. a. : to increase the amount or degree of : augment. b. : to make brighter or more intense : deepen. c. : to bring out more strongly : point up. d. : to make more acute : sharpen. 2. a. : to raise high or higher : elevate. b. : to raise above the ordinary or trite. 3. obsolete : elate. intransitive verb. 1. archaic : grow, rise.
When you heighten something, you increase it or make it more intense. If you want to heighten awareness about homelessness, you might write an article for your local newspaper.
verb. If something heightens a feeling or if the feeling heightens, the feeling increases in degree or intensity. The move has heightened tension in the state. [VERB noun] These latest murders have heightened fears of further attacks. [VERB noun] Cross's interest heightened. [VERB] ...a heightened awareness of the dangers that they now face.
HEIGHTEN meaning: 1. to increase or make something increase, especially an emotion or effect: 2. to increase or make…. Learn more.
to increase the height of; make higher. to increase the degree or amount of; augment: Cézanne's death heightened the value of his paintings. to strengthen, deepen, or intensify: to heighten the plot of a story; to heighten one's awareness or appreciation; to heighten one's suffering.
Definition of heighten verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2. to strengthen, deepen, or intensify: to heighten one's awareness. 3. to increase the height of; make higher. 4. to bring out the important features of, as in a drawing. v.i. 5. to increase: The tension heightened. 6. to become brighter or more intense. [1515–25] height′en•er, n. syn: See elevate.
Heighten Definition. hītn. heightened, heightening, heightens. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Verb. Filter. verb. heightened, heightening, heightens. To raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify. American Heritage. To bring or come to a high or higher position; raise or rise. Webster's New World.
to increase or make something increase: heightened awareness. [ often passive ] The book's success was heightened by the scandal. (Definition of heighten from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of heighten. in Chinese (Traditional) （使）（尤指某種情緒或效果）增強，加強… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) （使）（尤指某种情绪或效果）增强，加强…
