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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Heighten
//ˈhaɪ̯.tən//
Synonyms for "heighten" (119 found)
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Translations
44 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- издигам verb (to make higher)
- повишавам verb (to make higher)
- повишавам verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
- усилвам verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
Catalan
1 entries- aixecar verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 提高 verb (to make higher)
Dutch
3 entries- aandikken verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
- opsmukken verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
- verhogen verb (to make higher)
Esperanto
4 entries- akrigi verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
- altigi verb (to make higher)
- altigi verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
- plialtigi verb (to make higher)
Finnish
2 entries- korostaa verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
- korottaa verb (to make higher)
French
2 entries- hausser verb (to make higher)
- hausser verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
Hungarian
4 entries- felfokoz verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
- feljebb/magasabbra emel verb (to make higher)
- fokoz verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
- magasít verb (to make higher)
Icelandic
1 entries- hækka verb (to make higher)
Irish
1 entries- ardaigh verb (to make higher)
Middle English
2 entries- enhauncen verb (to make higher)
- heightenen verb (to make higher)
Māori
2 entries- whakateitei verb (to make higher)
- whakatiketike verb (to make higher)
Persian
1 entries- بالا بردن verb (to make higher)
Portuguese
2 entries- aumentar verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
- elevar verb (to make higher)
Russian
4 entries- повы́сить verb (to make higher)
- повы́ситься verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
- повыша́ть verb (to make higher)
- повыша́ться verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
Spanish
4 entries- amplificar verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
- elevar verb (to make higher)
- intensificar verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
- realzar verb (to augment, aggravate, intensify)
Swedish
1 entries- förhöja verb (to make higher)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Humanitarian organizations fear the ongoing impasse and the hostile rhetoric could heighten local xenophobia.
Source: tatoeba (11095203)
Black Bridge, near Machynlleth, is being heightened by one metre in a £3.6 million project to reduce delays caused by flooding.
Source: wiktionary
to heighten beauty
Source: wiktionary
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