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heighten

/ˈhaɪ̯.tən/

heighten verb: to make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

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Verb

heighten (third-person singular simple present heightens, present participle heightening, simple past and past participle heightened)

  1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
    • Black Bridge, near Machynlleth, is being heightened by one metre in a £3.6 million project to reduce delays caused by flooding.2021 June 2, “Network News: Cambrian Line bridge is raised”, in RAIL, number 932, page 23
  2. To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
    • to heighten beauty
    • to heighten a flavor or a tint

heighten meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

heighten in Tamil

உயர்வாக்கு, மிகைப்படுத்து

heighten in Urdu

افزوں کرنا, بلند کرنا, فراز دینا, قامت بڑھانا, عروج پر پہنچانا, اونچا کرنا

heighten in Bengali

বৃদ্ধি করা, তীব্র করা, বাড়ানো

heighten in Malayalam

ഉയർത്തുക, അധികപ്പെടുത്തുക, ഉയരുക, മേന്മപ്പെടുത്തുക
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heighten in Kannada
ಎತ್ತರಿಸು, ಏರಿಸು, ದೊಡ್ಡದು ಮಾಡು, ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸು
heighten in Punjabi
ਉੱਚਾ ਕਰਨਾ uccā karnā
heighten in Persian
بالا بردن bâlâ bordan

Examples of heighten in a sentence

  • to heighten awareness
  • the excitement heightened
  • “That’s heightened by the impact of climate change,” she added.
  • 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.2006 December 6, Ashley Seager, “Employment rise gives chancellor a boost”, in The Guardian:

All 40 example sentences with heighten

Antonyms of heighten

Forms of heighten

third-person singular presentheightens
present participleheightening
past participleheightened
pastheightened

Past tense of heighten: heightened

Origin of heighten

From Middle English heightenen, hyghtenen, equivalent to height + -en (verbal suffix).

Words formed from heighten

Words that rhyme with heighten

Questions about heighten

What does heighten mean?
Heighten means to make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
What is heighten in Tamil?
Heighten in Tamil is உயர்வாக்கு, மிகைப்படுத்து. See Heighten meaning in Tamil.
How do you use heighten in a sentence?
to heighten awareness
What part of speech is heighten?
Heighten is a verb.
How do you pronounce heighten?
Heighten is pronounced /ˈhaɪ̯.tən/.
What is the past tense of heighten?
The past tense of heighten is heightened.

Words near heighten in the dictionary

  1. height map
  2. height money
  3. height to paper
  4. heightcel
  5. heightcels
  6. heighten
  7. heighten up
  8. heightened
  9. heightened up
  10. heightener
  11. heighteners

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: heighten (page history and authors); heighten (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heighten (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Heighten (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heighten (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heighten (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਉੱਚਾ ਕਰਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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