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heighten
Overview of verb heighten
The verb heighten has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (1) heighten, rise -- (become more extreme; "The tension heightened")
2. (1) heighten -- (make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest")
3. (1) enhance, heighten, raise -- (increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension")
4. heighten -- (increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars")
5. sharpen, heighten -- (make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision")
6. intensify, compound, heighten, deepen -- (make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions")
Antonyms of verb heighten
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb heighten
6 senses of heighten
Sense 1
heighten, rise
=> increase
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
heighten
=> increase
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
enhance, heighten, raise
=> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 4
heighten
=> raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
=> move, displace
Sense 5
sharpen, heighten
=> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 6
intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb heighten
3 of 6 senses of heighten
Sense 3
enhance, heighten, raise
=> potentiate
Sense 5
sharpen, heighten
=> subtilize, subtilise
Sense 6
intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> heat up, hot up, screw up
=> fan
=> enhance, heighten, raise
=> amplify
=> sharpen
=> sharpen, heighten
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb heighten
6 senses of heighten
Sense 1
heighten, rise
=> increase
Sense 2
heighten
=> increase
Sense 3
enhance, heighten, raise
=> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
Sense 4
heighten
=> raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
Sense 5
sharpen, heighten
=> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
Sense 6
intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> increase
'Cause To' of verb heighten
1 of 6 senses of heighten
Sense 6
intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> intensify, deepen
Derived Forms of verb heighten
Domain of verb heighten
Domain Terms of verb heighten
Familiarity of verb heighten
heighten used as a verb is common (polysemy count =6)
Sample Sentences of verb heighten
6 senses of heighten
Sense 1
heighten, rise
*> Something ----s
Sense 2
heighten
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
enhance, heighten, raise
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
heighten
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
sharpen, heighten
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 6
intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb heighten
6 senses of heighten
Sense 1
heighten, rise
> increase
=> extend, stretch
=> augment
=> build up
=> enlarge
=> up
=> raise
=> blow up, enlarge, magnify
=> multiply, manifold
=> build up, work up, build, ramp up
=> inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
=> escalate, intensify, step up
=> boost
=> lengthen
=> regenerate
=> maximize, maximise
=> heighten
=> heighten, rise
=> rev up, rev
=> rev up, step up
=> boost, advance, supercharge
=> widen, broaden, extend
=> kite
Sense 2
heighten
> increase
=> extend, stretch
=> augment
=> build up
=> enlarge
=> up
=> raise
=> blow up, enlarge, magnify
=> multiply, manifold
=> build up, work up, build, ramp up
=> inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
=> escalate, intensify, step up
=> boost
=> lengthen
=> regenerate
=> maximize, maximise
=> heighten
=> heighten, rise
=> rev up, rev
=> rev up, step up
=> boost, advance, supercharge
=> widen, broaden, extend
=> kite
Sense 3
enhance, heighten, raise
> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> heat up, hot up, screw up
=> fan
=> enhance, heighten, raise
=> amplify
=> sharpen
=> sharpen, heighten
Sense 4
heighten
> raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
=> get up
=> jack, jack up
=> shoulder
=> kick up
=> hoist, lift, wind
=> trice, trice up
=> hoist, run up
=> hoist
=> pump
=> levitate
=> underlay
=> skid
=> pinnacle
=> chin, chin up
=> raise, leaven, prove
=> heighten
=> hike, hike up, boost
=> pick up, lift up, gather up
=> rear, erect
Sense 5
sharpen, heighten
> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> heat up, hot up, screw up
=> fan
=> enhance, heighten, raise
=> amplify
=> sharpen
=> sharpen, heighten
Sense 6
intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
> increase
=> accrue
=> spike
=> add to
=> gain
=> explode, irrupt
=> pyramid
=> snowball
=> accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
=> add
=> intensify, deepen
=> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> grow
=> pullulate
=> widen
=> appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue
=> broaden
=> shoot up
=> wax, mount, climb, rise
=> wax, full
=> crescendo
=> swell
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb heighten
Sense 1
heighten, rise
=> increase
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Sense 2
heighten
=> increase
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Sense 3
enhance, heighten, raise
=> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
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Sense 4
heighten
=> raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
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Sense 5
sharpen, heighten
=> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
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Sense 6
intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> increase
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Grep of verb heighten
heighten
Grep of adj heighten
heightening
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