| VERB | change | deepen, intensify, compound, heighten | make more intense, stronger, or more marked |
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| change | deepen, intensify | become more intense | |
| change | deepen | make deeper | |
| change | deepen, change | become deeper in tone |
| Sounds | diy'pahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | make more intense, stronger, or more marked. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This event only deepened my convictions" | |
| Synonyms | intensify, compound, heighten | |
| Cause to | intensify, deepen | Become more intense |
| Narrower | amplify | increase the volume of |
| enhance, heighten, raise | increase / increase | |
| fan | make (an emotion) fiercer | |
| heat up, hot up, screw up | make more intense | |
| sharpen | make crisp or more crisp and precise | |
| sharpen, heighten | make (one's senses) more acute | |
| Broader | increase | Become bigger or greater in amount |
| Spanish | intensificar | |
| Catalan | intensificar | |
| Meaning | Become more intense. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" | |
| Synonym | intensify | |
| Caused by | intensify, compound, heighten, deepen | make more intense, stronger, or more marked |
| Narrower | accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken | Move faster |
| build | Develop and grow | |
| condense | Become more compact or concentrated | |
| erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out | erupt or intensify suddenly | |
| redouble | make twice as great or intense | |
| sharpen | Become sharp / sharp / sharp / sharp / sharp / sharp or sharper / sharper / sharper / sharper | |
| Broader | increase | Become bigger or greater in amount |
| Spanish | intensificarse, intensificar | |
| Catalan | intensificar-se, intensificar | |
| Meaning | make deeper. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it" | |
| Broader | enlarge | make larger |
| Spanish | profundizar | |
| Nouns | deepening | a process of becoming deeper and more profound |
| Meaning | Become deeper in tone. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password" | |
| Synonym | change | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Spanish | alterar, cambiar, transformar, variar | |
| Catalan | alterar, aprofundir, transformar, variar | |
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