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heighten
[ hahyt-n ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
- to bring out the important features of, as in a drawing:
to heighten a picture with Chinese white.
verb (used without object)
- to become higher.
- to increase:
The tension heightened as the enemy forces advanced.
- to brighten or become more intense.
heighten
/ ˈɪə /
verb
- to make or become high or higher
- to make or become more extreme or intense
Derived Forms
- ˈٱԱ, noun
- ˈٱԱ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- IJ· noun
- ܲ·IJԱ adjective
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Example Sentences
After all, they concocted a rich and deeply affecting songbook that never fails to rouse my inspiration and, truly, to heighten the experience of simply being alive.
The cases have heightened concerns among public health officials about the spread of the rare, but deadly disease that attacks the lungs.
And the wild swings in stock markets around the world, egged on by the heightened risk of global recession, have not been good news for investors in the UK.
The idea of a worker in another region, in another country, remotely controlling a machine that’s acting and doing things here is an exaggeration or a heightening of that basic dynamic that surrounds us.
Fears for the lives of those still held captive have been heightened since Hamas recently stated it would not move living hostages out of the large areas where the Israeli military has ordered evacuations.
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