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{
"term": "heighten",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "heighten",
"heSheIt": "heightens"
},
"pastSimple": "heightened",
"pastParticiple": "heightened",
"ingForm": "heightening"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if a feeling or an effect heightens, or something heightens it, it becomes stronger or increases",
"sensetop": "heighten something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Tension has heightened after the recent bomb attack."
},
{
"text": "The campaign is intended to heighten public awareness of the disease.",
"contextForm": "heighten something"
},
{
"text": "His breakdown was followed by a period of heightened activity."
},
{
"text": "Fears of a pandemic were heightened by rising case numbers."
},
{
"text": "The drug is said to give users a heightened sense of well-being."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["dramatically", "greatly", "further"],
"verb + heighten": ["serve to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪtn/",
"audio": "he/heighten/heighten__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪtnz/",
"audio": "he/heighten/heightens__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪtnd/",
"audio": "he/heighten/heightened__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪtnɪŋ/",
"audio": "he/heighten/heightening__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪtn/",
"audio": "he/heighten/heighten__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪtnz/",
"audio": "he/heighten/heightens__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪtnd/",
"audio": "he/heighten/heightened__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪtnɪŋ/",
"audio": "he/heighten/heightening__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}