height
or hight
noun
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ceiling, pinnacle, prominence, peak, extent, stature, elevation, crest, top, maximum, crown, highness, acme, cusp, apex, vertex, brow, rise, tip, mountainExamples from the Web for height
Contemporary Examples of height
This is a Hollywood director at the height of his powers creating original, wildly ambitious epics.
Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’Marlow Stern
January 6, 2015
During the height of his disenchantment, he visited his hometown where an old friend gave him some liquid acid.
DJ Spooky Wants You To Question Everything You Know About Music, Technology, and PhilosophyOliver Jones
December 27, 2014
At the height of the Soviet Union, the proletariat universally understood everything their government said was a work of fiction.
Recipients in a cryobank can peruse donor files and see hair color, eye color, race, height, IQ, and so on.
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November 29, 2014
From the height of 700 feet, a lush uniform green obscured the destruction unfolding below him.
Historical Examples of height
In front of Judge Gould's office the combat was at its height.
Harriet, The Moses of Her PeopleSarah H. Bradford
There is no height to which you may not fairly rise in this country.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
From the height of this place and the summit of this century, let us go forth.
Height above the sea, of the Pass, 1458 feet;—of this camp, 1256 feet.
Which of you by being over-anxious can add a single foot to his height?
The Conquest of FearBasil King