heighten
heigh
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hai
ten
tən
tēn
/ˈhaÉĒtən/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "heighten"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to increase the quantity, intensity, or degree of something
Transitive: to heighten intensity or degree of something
to heighten definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The unexpected news heightened tensions among the team members.
āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ–āĻŦāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāρāϚ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to raise something above its current position
Transitive: to heighten sth
to heighten definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To improve the view, the city decided to heighten the observation deck on the skyscraper.
āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āĻļāĻšāϰāϟāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦā§€ āĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻŦ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻĄā§‡āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāρāϚ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to increase in intensity, magnitude, or extent
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With each passing moment, the suspense in the room heightened as the announcement drew nearer.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āϘāϰ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āφāρāĻ•āĻž.
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āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to become more severe
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The argument between the two friends heightened when they could n't agree on a solution.
āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to enhance or sharpen one's sensory perceptions, such as sight, hearing, taste, touch, or smell
Transitive: to heighten sensory perceptions or awareness
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Eating spicy food can heighten the sensitivity of taste buds.
āĻŽāĻļāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϕ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

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