āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to heighten
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āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻā§āĻāϤāϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to increase the quantity, intensity, or degree of something
Transitive: to heighten intensity or degree of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The unexpected news heightened tensions among the team members.
āĻ
āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŦāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāϞā§āϰ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāύāĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§
to raise something above its current position
Transitive: to heighten sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To improve the view, the city decided to heighten the observation deck on the skyscraper.
āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻāύā§āύāϤ āĻāϰāϤā§, āĻļāĻšāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻļāĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāύā§āϰ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻŦā§āĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻĄā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āϤā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to increase in intensity, magnitude, or extent
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With each passing moment, the suspense in the room heightened as the announcement drew nearer.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āϰā§āϤā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§, āĻāϰ⧠āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāύāĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻž.
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āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āϤā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to become more severe
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The argument between the two friends heightened when they could n't agree on a solution.
āĻĻā§āĻ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϤāϰā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞ āϝāĻāύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧠āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āϤā§āĻā§āώā§āĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to enhance or sharpen one's sensory perceptions, such as sight, hearing, taste, touch, or smell
Transitive: to heighten sensory perceptions or awareness
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Eating spicy food can heighten the sensitivity of taste buds.
āĻŽāĻļāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāύāĻļā§āϞāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
heightening
heighten
height
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