height

[ hahyt ]

/ haɪt /

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noun

extent or distance upward: The balloon stopped rising at a height of 500 feet.

distance upward from a given level to a fixed point: the height from the ground to the first floor; the height of an animal at the shoulder.

the distance between the lowest and highest points of a person standing upright; stature: She is five feet in height.

considerable or great altitude or elevation: the height of the mountains.

Often heights .

a high place above a level; a hill or mountain: They stood on the heights overlooking the valley.
the highest part; top; apex; summit: In his dreams he reached the heights.

the highest point; utmost degree: the height of power; the height of pleasure.

Archaic. high rank in social status.

OTHER WORDS FOR height

3 tallness.

5 prominence.

6 peak, pinnacle; acme, zenith; culmination.

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OPPOSITES FOR height

1, 2 depth.

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Sometimes hight . Also Nonstandard, heighth

[hahytth] /haɪtθ/ .

Origin of height

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English hīehtho. See high, -th¹

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3. 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.

usage note for height

Height, and not heighth, is considered the standard English form for this word.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH height

altitude, elevation, height (see synonym study at the current entry)

Words nearby height

Heiduc, heifer, Heifetz, heigh, heigh-ho, height, heighten, heightism, height of contour, height of land, height-to-paper

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How to use height in a sentence

A surfer cares about wave heights, not the jostling of water molecules.
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During the height of his disenchantment, he visited his hometown where an old friend gave him some liquid acid.
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At the height of the Soviet Union, the proletariat universally understood everything their government said was a work of fiction.
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British Dictionary definitions for height

height

/ (haɪt) /

noun

the vertical distance from the bottom or lowest part of something to the top or apex

the vertical distance of an object or place above the ground or above sea level; altitude

relatively great altitude or distance from the bottom to the top

the topmost point; summit

astronomy the angular distance of a celestial body above the horizon

the period of greatest activity or intensitythe height of the battle

an extreme example of its kindthe height of rudeness

(often plural) an area of high ground

(often plural) the state of being far above the groundI don't like heights

(often plural) a position of influence, fame, or powerthe giddy heights they occupied in the 1980s

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 ]

The distance from the base of something to the top.

Stature, especially of the human body.

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Origin of height

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