hight

¹ American  

[hahyt] / haɪt /

noun

1. height.

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hight ² American  

[hahyt] / haɪt /

adjective

1. Archaic. called or named.

   Childe Harold was he hight.

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hight British  

/ haɪt /

verb

1. archaic (tr; used only as a past tense in the passive or as a past participle) to name; call

   a maid hight Mary

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Etymology

Origin of hight

before 900; Middle English; Old English heht, reduplicated preterit of hātan to name, call, promise, command (cognate with German heissen to call, be called, mean); akin to behest

Example Sentences

Diaz grew up in Watts and worked in freight logistics before launching Hight from his house with a small fleet of diesel cabs.

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“Forum reached out to me saying they were a startup company and wanted to start a program with turnkey solutions” — truck leasing, maintenance and charging, including chargers installed at the Hight truck yard.

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Hight carries everything from clothes to car parts to consumer electronics, but the electric trucks are allowing it to branch out.

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The EV component was key to Hight’s getting a freight contract with Lime Micromobility, the electric scooter company.

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One of Hight’s drivers, Marco Garrido of Anaheim, recently shifted from diesel to electric, and became an instant convert.

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