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Definitions of heighten
  1. verb
    make (one's senses) more acute

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  2. verb
    make more intense, stronger, or more marked
    "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"
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  3. verb
    become more extreme
    "The tension heightened"

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  4. verb
    increase
    "heighten the tension"

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  5. verb
    increase the height of
    "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
  6. verb
    make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
    "heightened interest"
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Examples of heighten
  • "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"
  • "The tension heightened"
  • "heighten the tension"
  • "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
  • "heightened interest"
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