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high
[ hahy ]
adjective
- having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall:
a high wall.
Antonyms: low
- having a specified extent upward:
The apple tree is now 20 feet high.
- situated above the ground or some base; elevated:
a high platform;
a high ledge.
- exceeding the common degree or measure; strong; intense:
high speed;
high color.
- expensive; costly; dear:
The price of food these days is much too high.
- exalted in rank, station, eminence, etc.; of exalted character or quality:
a high official;
high society.
Synonyms: distinguished, prominent, eminent, elevated
- Music.
- acute in pitch.
- a little sharp, or above the desired pitch.
- produced by relatively rapid vibrations; shrill:
the high sounds of crickets.
- extending to or from an elevation:
a high dive.
- great in quantity, as number, degree, or force:
a high temperature;
high cholesterol.
- Religion.
- chief; principal; main:
the high altar of a church.
- High Church.
- of great consequence; important; grave; serious;
the high consequences of such a deed;
high treason.
Synonyms: capital
- haughty; arrogant:
He took a high tone with his subordinates.
- advanced to the utmost extent or to the culmination:
high tide.
- elevated; merry or hilarious:
high spirits;
a high old time.
- rich; extravagant; luxurious:
They have indulged in high living for years.
- Informal. intoxicated with alcohol or narcotics:
He was so high he couldn't stand up.
- remote:
high latitude;
high antiquity.
- extreme in opinion or doctrine, especially religious or political:
a high Tory.
- designating or pertaining to highland or inland regions.
- having considerable energy or potential power.
- Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the speed of the engine crankshaft and of the drive shaft most closely correspond:
high gear.
- Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with the upper surface of the tongue relatively close to some portion of the palate, as the vowels of eat and it, which are high front, and those of boot and put, which are high back. Compare close ( def 49 ), low 1( def 30 ).
- (of meat, especially game) tending toward a desirable or undesirable amount of decomposition; slightly tainted:
He likes his venison high.
- Metallurgy. containing a relatively large amount of a specified constituent (usually used in combination):
high-carbon steel.
- Baseball. (of a pitched ball) crossing the plate at a level above the batter's shoulders:
The pitch was high and outside.
- Cards.
- having greater value than other denominations or suits.
- able to take a trick; being a winning card.
- being or having a winning combination:
Whose hand is high?
- Nautical. noting a wind of force 10 on the Beaufort scale, equal to a whole gale.
adverb
- at or to a high point, place, or level.
- in or to a high rank or estimate:
He aims high in his political ambitions.
- at or to a high amount or price.
- in or to a high degree.
- luxuriously; richly; extravagantly:
They have always lived high.
- Nautical. as close to the wind as is possible while making headway with sails full.
noun
- Automotive. high gear:
He shifted into high when the road became level.
- Informal. high school ( def ).
- Meteorology. a pressure system characterized by relatively high pressure at its center. Compare anticyclone, low 1( def 46 ).
- a high or the highest point, place, or level; peak:
a record high for unemployment.
- Slang.
- a euphoric state induced by alcohol, drugs, etc.
- a period of sustained excitement, exhilaration, or the like:
After winning the lottery he was on a high for weeks.
- Cards. the ace or highest trump out, especially in games of the all fours family.
high
/ haɪ /
adjective
- being a relatively great distance from top to bottom; tall
a high building
- situated at or extending to a relatively great distance above the ground or above sea level
a high plateau
- postpositive being a specified distance from top to bottom
three feet high
- ( in combination )
a seven-foot-high wall
- extending from an elevation
a high dive
- in combination coming up to a specified level
knee-high
- being at its peak or point of culmination
high noon
- of greater than average height
a high collar
- greater than normal in degree, intensity, or amount
high prices
a high temperature
a high wind
- of large or relatively large numerical value
high mileage
high frequency
high voltage
- (of sound) acute in pitch; having a high frequency
- (of latitudes) situated relatively far north or south from the equator
- (of meat) slightly decomposed or tainted, regarded as enhancing the flavour of game
- of great eminence; very important
the high priestess
- exalted in style or character; elevated
high drama
- expressing or feeling contempt or arrogance
high words
- elated; cheerful
high spirits
- informal.predicative overexcited
by the end of term the children are really high
- informal.being in a state of altered consciousness, characterized esp by euphoria and often induced by the use of alcohol, narcotics, etc
- luxurious or extravagant
high life
- advanced in complexity or development
high finance
- See low(of a gear) providing a relatively great forward speed for a given engine speed Compare low 1
- See lowphonetics of, relating to, or denoting a vowel whose articulation is produced by raising the back of the tongue towards the soft palate or the blade towards the hard palate, such as for the ee in English see or oo in English moon Compare low 1
- capital when part of name formal and elaborate in style
High Mass
- usually capital of or relating to the High Church
- remote, esp in time
- cards
- having a relatively great value in a suit
- able to win a trick
- high and dryhigh and dry stranded; helpless; destitute
- high and lowhigh and low in all places; everywhere
- high and mighty informal.high and mighty arrogant
- high as a kite informal.high as a kite
- very drunk
- overexcited
- euphoric from drugs
- high opinionhigh opinion a favourable opinion
adverb
- at or to a height
he jumped high
- in a high manner
- nautical close to the wind with sails full
noun
- a high place or level
- informal.a state of altered consciousness, often induced by alcohol, narcotics, etc
- See anticycloneanother word for anticyclone
- See high schoolshort for high school
- capital (esp in Oxford) the High Street
- See lowelectronics the voltage level in a logic circuit corresponding to logical one Compare low 1
- on highon high
- at a height
- in heaven
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- over·high adjective
- over·highly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of high1
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Idioms and Phrases
- fly high, to be full of hope or elation:
His stories began to sell, and he was flying high.
- high and dry,
- (of a ship) grounded so as to be entirely above water at low tide.
- high and low, in every possible place; everywhere:
The missing jewelry was never found, though we searched high and low for it.
- high on, Informal. enthusiastic or optimistic about; having a favorable attitude toward or opinion of.
- on high,
- at or to a height; above.
- in heaven.
- having a high position, as one who makes important decisions:
the powers on high.
More idioms and phrases containing high
- blow sky-high
- fly high
- friend in court (high places)
- hell or high water
- hit the high spots (points)
- hold one's head high
- in high dudgeon
- knee-high to a grasshopper
- on high
- on one's high horse
- ride high
- run high
- stink to high heaven
- think a lot (highly) of
- turn on (get high)
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Example Sentences
There are keywords that we feel are important, even though they may be generic and high-volume.
This is more a manual job with high chances of ads not delivering to expectations.
Disney didn’t think it would hit that number for several more years, so it’s giving itself a much higher goal.
Continual monitoring and optimization of the team’s high-level KPIs, CTR, and CPC is what ultimately drove success for the business.
If you haven’t produced high-quality content in the first place, it’s unlikely that optimization will help you get any further.
Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.
Nor does the jet have the ability to capture high-definition video, utilize an infra-red pointer.
Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.
The most recent activity had a high point of 3.6 on the Richter Scale.
He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).
Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.
The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.
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