height
or hight
[ hahyt ]
/ haɪt /
noun
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SYNONYMS FOR height
3 tallness. Height, altitude, elevation refer to distance above a level. Height denotes extent upward (as from foot to head) as well as any measurable distance above a given level: The tree grew to a height of ten feet. They looked down from a great height. Altitude usually refers to the distance, determined by instruments, above a given level, commonly mean sea level: altitude of an airplane. Elevation implies a distance to which something has been raised or uplifted above a level: a hill's elevation above the surrounding country, above sea level.
5 prominence.
6 peak, pinnacle; acme, zenith; culmination.
usage note for height
Height, and not heighth, is considered the standard English form for this word.
Words nearby height
heiduc, heifer, heifetz, heigh, heigh-ho, height, height of contour, height of land, height-to-paper, heighten, heighth
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British Dictionary definitions for height
height
/ (haɪt) /
noun
Word Origin for height
Old English hīehthu; related to Old Norse hǣthe, Gothic hauhitha, Old High German hōhida; see high
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Medical definitions for height
height
[ hīt ]
n.
The distance from the base of something to the top.
Stature, especially of the human body.
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