heighten
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English heightenen, hyghtenen, equivalent to height + -en (verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯.tən/, [ˈhaɪ̯tn̩], [ˈhaɪ̯ʔn̩]
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪtən
- Homophone: Huyton
Verb
[edit]heighten (third-person singular simple present heightens, present participle heightening, simple past and past participle heightened)
- To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
- 2021 June 2, “Network News: Cambrian Line bridge is raised”, in RAIL, number 932, page 23:
- Black Bridge, near Machynlleth, is being heightened by one metre in a £3.6 million project to reduce delays caused by flooding.
- To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
- to heighten beauty
- to heighten a flavor or a tint
- to heighten awareness
- to heighten tension
- the excitement heightened
- “That’s heightened by the impact of climate change,” she added.
- 2006 December 6, Ashley Seager, “Employment rise gives chancellor a boost”, in The Guardian[1]:
- If Mr Brown chooses, he could raise his estimate of the economy's "trend" rate of growth in the coming years and so heighten his hopes of tax revenues.
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to make higher
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to augment, aggravate, intensify
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