{
    "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
}