heightened

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪtənd/

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• Hyphenation: height‧ened

Verb

heightened

1. simple past and past participle of heighten

Adjective

heightened (comparative more heightened, superlative most heightened)

1. Increased in intensity or concentration; elevated.

   Synonym: stepped-up

   • 2009 March 22, Susanna Hamner, “Harley, You’re Not Getting Any Younger”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 9 November 2020:

     Some dealers also took advantage of heightened demand for Harleys to charge more, a move that may have done long-lasting harm. “Dealers were charging more than the suggested manufacturer price and it made Harley look greedy and jeopardized our brand that we spent a long time building,” Mr. Ziemer said.

   • 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:

     It may sound like science fiction, but heightened solar activity (known as space weather) can affect human technologies not just in space, but also in the air and on the ground.

   • 2024 September 8, Kamala Thiagarajan, “Women who are blind play a critical role in identifying possible breast cancers”, in NPR‎:

     “It occurred to me that we could improve the outcome of the breast examination if we were to specially train others to do it as support staff for doctors,” he says. He decided to focus on training people who were blind; studies that have shown that the brains of blind people can develop a heightened sense of touch.

Derived terms

• unheightened

Translations

increased in intensity or concentration

Russian: повы́шенный (ru) (povýšennyj) Tagalog: pinaigting