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Meanings of heighten in English

Portuguese
intensificar
Catalan
intensificar

Make more intense, stronger, or more marked.

intensificar
Catalan
realçar

Increase.

realçar
Portuguese
subir
Catalan
pujar

Become more extreme.

subir
Portuguese
afiar
Catalan
afuar
Spanish
afilar

Make (one's senses) more acute.

afiar
Synonyms
Examples for "rise"
Examples for "rise"
1
Infections could continue to rise, China's National Health Commission said on Sunday.
Reuters
2
Women's state pension age rise: an unfair burden or a necessary reform?
The Guardian
3
That number will decline further, as health insurance costs continue to rise.
The Irish Times
4
Sea level rise has become mired in the debate over climate change.
Reuters
5
The Marines said they anticipated violence would rise in the days ahead.
The Irish Times
Usage of heighten in English
1
The trouble schools have is finding ways to heighten security at schools.
The South African
2
EBONY: How can the use of lubricant with toys heighten the experience?
Ebony
3
In my case, cocaine did not heighten my aggression in the least.
Extra lives: why video games matter
4
We expect Hopson's refinancing risks to heighten in the next 12 months.
Reuters
5
The blast will heighten concern about the safety of foreigners in Pakistan.
Reuters
6
The sometimes grotesque reality of the prose only serves to heighten that.
The Guardian
7
The truth was, she had arranged the conflict to heighten the deception.
The incumbent
8
The swiftest run would scarcely heighten the colour of his pale cheeks.
A Rough Shaking
9
Some old dyers use Brazil wood to heighten the red of madder.
Vegetable Dyes: Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Us...
10
Heat didn't say no because a direct verbal confrontation could heighten tensions.
Heat Wave
11
I left extra slack just to heighten the fear a little more.
Climbing Magazine
12
The reality seems to heighten the improbability, already hard enough to manage.
Among My Books. Second Series
13
He kept nothing back that could heighten the enormity of his offense.
The Golden House
14
And this delusion of permanence, the enclosing soft-clinging darkness served to heighten.
Deadham Hard: A Romance
15
He comes to heighten the gladness by some touch of holier joy.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut...
16
Another listless away performance would heighten suspicions that Karanka is too negative.
The Guardian
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Translations for heighten
Spanish
afilar
Heighten through the time
Heighten across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common