heighten
phonetic symbol: / háɪtən /
heighten - English Dictionary
[ verb ]
■ make more intense, stronger, or more marked
e.g.)
・Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
→
compound
,
deepen
,
intensify
[ verb ]
■ increase
e.g.)
・heighten the tension
→
enhance
,
raise
[ verb ]
■ make (one's senses) more acute
→
sharpen
[ verb ]
■ make more extreme
■ raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
e.g.)
・heightened interest
[ verb ]
■ become more extreme
e.g.)
・The tension heightened
→
rise
[ verb ]
■ increase the height of
e.g.)
・The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars
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