heighten

/ˈhaɪ̯.tən/

verb 2

Collocations

ADV

greatly

The new safety regulations greatly heightened awareness about workplace hazards among employees.

further

VERB + HEIGHTEN

serve to

The loud noise only served to heighten her anxiety about the upcoming exam.

seek to

The new safety campaign seeks to heighten driver awareness on busy highways.

verb

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.

To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.

to heighten beauty

to heighten a flavor or a tint

verb — make more intense, stronger, or more marked

verb — increase

verb — make (one's senses) more acute

verb — become more extreme

Black Bridge, near Machynlleth, is being heightened by one metre in a £3.6 million project to reduce delays caused by flooding.

Wiktionary

to heighten beauty

Wiktionary

to heighten a flavor or a tint

Wiktionary

The lessons learned from the annals of history on peak wood should heighten our awareness of the consequences of the limits of natural resources.

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Humanitarian organizations fear the ongoing impasse and the hostile rhetoric could heighten local xenophobia.

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