Synonyms for DEEPEN
ˈdi pəndeep·en

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1. intensify, compound, heighten, deepenverb

   make more intense, stronger, or more marked

   "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"

   Synonyms:
   change, sharpen, enhance, escalate, compound, rise, step up, heighten, raise, combine, intensify, deepen

2. intensify, deepenverb

   become more intense

   "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"

   Synonyms:
   deepen, intensify, change, compound, escalate, step up, heighten

3. deepenverb

   make deeper

   "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it"

   Synonyms:
   change, compound, intensify, heighten

4. deepen, changeverb

   become deeper in tone

   "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"

   Synonyms:
   change, alter, vary, modify, exchange, compound, commute, switch, transfer, convert, heighten, interchange, shift, intensify, deepen

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1. deepenverb

   Synonyms:
   make deeper, increase the depth of

2. deepenverb

   Synonyms:
   make darker, make more intense

3. deepenverb

   Synonyms:
   reduce to a lower tone, make more grave

4. deepenverb

   Synonyms:
   grow deeper, become deeper

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1. deepenverb

   Synonyms:
   intensify

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1. List of paraphrases for "deepen":

   deepening, deepened, intensify, strengthen, exacerbate, enhance, aggravate, in-depth

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1. Prime Minister David Cameron:

   I think it's a real opportunity to deepen our relationship and I'm delighted President Xi is spending so much time here in the UK.

2. Tarun Pathak:

   N. Ganapathy Subramaniam, COO of Tata Consultancy Services, the group’s software services arm, told Bloomberg. While there are significant obstacles in India’s ambition to deepen its relationship with Vijay Bate/Hindustan Times/Getty Images Apple, doing so would be a huge boost for the country and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ‘ I think it ’ll be [ a ] big, big win, you focus on the big one, the others will follow.

3. Defense Minister Marise Payne:

   As a major power, it will be important for regional stability that China provides reassurance to its neighbors by being more transparent about its defense policies, the Government will seek to deepen and broaden our important defense relationship with China while recognizing that our strategic interests may differ in relation to some regional and global security issues.

4. Julien Kouao:

   This newly formed government could deepen divisions, we are far from achieving the political cohesion necessary to resolve this.

5. Holger Schmieding:

   What we are seeing is the service sector holding up comfortably well while the industrial slump has got more room to run and even possibly deepen, this data is not going make recessionary concerns worse, but it also won't make them vanish anytime soon. We are still far away from any stabilization and it could possibly drag on till we see at least a partial trade deal between the U.S. and China.