亚洲网紅露点

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heighten

[ hahyt-n ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to increase the height of; make higher.
  2. to increase the degree or amount of; augment:

    C茅zanne's death heightened the value of his paintings.

  3. to strengthen, deepen, or intensify:

    to heighten the plot of a story; to heighten one's awareness or appreciation; to heighten one's suffering.

  4. to bring out the important features of, as in a drawing:

    to heighten a picture with Chinese white.



verb (used without object)

  1. to become higher.
  2. to increase:

    The tension heightened as the enemy forces advanced.

  3. to brighten or become more intense.

heighten

/ 藞丑补瑟迟蓹苍 /

verb

  1. to make or become high or higher
  2. to make or become more extreme or intense
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞丑别颈驳丑迟别苍别谤, noun
  • 藞丑别颈驳丑迟别苍别诲, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 丑别颈驳丑迟顎侥苍路别谤 noun
  • 耻苍路丑别颈驳丑迟顎侥苍别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of heighten1

First recorded in 1515鈥25; height + -en 1
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Synonym Study

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Mr Justice Bennathan had previously warned the jury the footage was "not an easy watch" and the soundtrack would potentially heighten any distress.

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It would heighten an already worrying financial picture for a club that somehow has to try to navigate a way back into contention at the top end of the Premier League.

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Now he鈥檚 talking about having a 鈥渉eightened sense of appreciation鈥 and making the best of a bad situation.

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Some individuals spent more than a year in isolation 鈥 a situation which the report said presents heightened risk to those with underlying mental health conditions.

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鈥淭here is a profoundly changed and heightened threat if the U.S. can no longer rely on its own premier, 鈥榟omegrown鈥 climate forecasts for strategic and operational decisions.

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