high-rise
Americanadjective
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(of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators.
a high-rise apartment complex.
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of, relating to, or characteristic of high-rise buildings.
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of or being a small-wheeled bicycle with high handlebars and a banana-shaped seat.
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(of pants) having a waistline placed at or above the navel, or at the natural waist.
high-rise chinos.
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of high-rise
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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In addition to the 34-story tower, it will have a connected 17-story high-rise with a swimming pool on the roof.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Rescue operations had yet to begin when AFP arrived, with the site hemmed in by high-rise buildings, complicating efforts.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
They live in a high-rise on Kyiv’s left bank, east of the broad river Dnipro.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Sixty-two-year-old Olha Vlasova lives on the seventh floor of a high-rise apartment block with her 98-year-old mother, Nadia Tsybina.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
They lived in the same high-rise where they’d raised Barack, in a small apartment decorated with Indonesian textiles that Ann had sent home over the years.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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