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English

Pronunciation

  • , IPA: /haɪt/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-height.ogg


Noun

  1. The distance from the base of something to the top.
  2. * Robert Frost
  3. *: Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
  4. Height of a standing person or animal (withers).


Translations

  • Czech: {{t-|cs|výška|f}}
  • Ewe: kɔkɔme
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|hauteur|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Höhe|f}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|ύψος|sc=Grek}}
  • Hebrew:
  • Italian: {{t+|it|altezza|f}}
  • Japanese: 高さ
  • Kurdish:
  • Latin: {{t+|la|altitudo|f}}
  • Lithuanian: aukštis , aukštumas
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|altura|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|высота|f|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|höjd|c}}
  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: 身長 (of persons, animals), 体高(withers height of animals)
  • Portuguese:
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|рост|m|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Swedish: mankhöjd

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Height \Height\ (h[imac]t), n. [Written also hight.] [OE.
heighte, heght, heighthe, AS. he['a]h[eth]u, h[=e]h[eth]u fr.
heah high; akin to D. hoogte, Sw. h["o]jd, Dan. h["o]ide,
Icel. h[ae][eth], Goth. hauhi[thorn]a. See High.]
1. The condition of being high; elevated position.
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Behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
--Job xxii.
12.
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2. The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above
that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the
level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a
surface, as the floor or the ground, of an animal,
especially of a man; stature. --Bacon.
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[Goliath's] height was six cubits and a span. --1
Sam. xvii. 4.
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3. Degree of latitude either north or south. [Obs.]
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Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as
Peru to the south. --Abp. Abbot.
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4. That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain;
as, Alpine heights. --Dryden.
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5. Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power,
learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank;
pre["e]minence or distinction in society; prominence.
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Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.
--R. Browning.
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All would in his power hold, all make his subjects.
--Chapman.
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6. Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
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Social duties are carried to greater heights, and
enforced with stronger motives by the principles of
our religion. --Addison.
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7. Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or
condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of
madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
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My grief was at the height before thou camest.
--Shak.
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On height, aloud. [Obs.]
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[He] spake these same words, all on hight.
--Chaucer.
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WordNet height
n 1: the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base
of something to the top [syn: tallness]
2: the highest level or degree attainable; "his landscapes were
deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at
their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of
perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted
Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his
ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man";
"at the top of his profession" [syn: acme, elevation,
peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, top]
3: natural height of a person or animal in an upright position
[syn: stature]
4: elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's
surface; "the altitude gave her a headache" [syn: altitude]
Moby Dictionary
French pitch , Olympian heights , acme , acme of perfection ,
aerial heights , altitude , amount , amplitude , apex , apogee ,
apotheosis , area , ascent , assumption , authority , authorization ,
be-all and end-all , beatification , bigness , blue ribbon , bluff ,
body , breadth , brow , bulk , caliber , canonization , cap ,
championship , classical pitch , cliff , climax , cloud nine , command ,
compass , consummation , control , coverage , crag , crest , crown ,
culmen , culmination , cut , degree , deification , depth , diameter ,
dimension , dimensions , directorship , dizzy heights , dominion , edge ,
effectiveness , elevation , eminence , enshrinement , erection ,
escalation , escarpment , ether , exaltation , expanse , expansion ,
extension , extent , extreme , extreme limit , extremity , fell ,
first place , first prize , gauge , girth , grade , greatness , headland ,
headship , heaven , heavens , hegemony , heights , high noon ,
high pitch , high point , highest , highest pitch , highest point ,
highness , hill , imperium , influence , interval , jurisdiction , key ,
kingship , largeness , last word , leadership , leap , length , level ,
lift , lifting , limit , loftiness , lordship , low pitch , magnitude ,
management , mark , mass , mastership , mastery , maximum , measure ,
measurement , meridian , most , mound , mountain , mountaintop ,
ne plus ultra , new high , new philharmonic pitch , no place higher ,
noon , notch , note , nuance , palms , paramountcy , pas , peak , peg ,
perfection , period , philharmonic pitch , philosophical pitch , pink ,
pink of perfection , pinnacle , pitch , plane , plateau , point , pole ,
power , presidency , primacy , prominence , promontory , proportion ,
proportions , radius , raise , raising , range , ratio , reach , rearing ,
record , register , remove , ridge , rise , rising ground , round , rule ,
rung , say , scale , scarp , scope , seventh heaven , shade , shadow ,
size , sky , sovereignty , space , spire , spread , stair , standard ,
standard pitch , stature , steep , step , stint , stratosphere , summit ,
supremacy , sursum corda , sway , tallness , tip , tip-top , tonality ,
tone , top , top spot , tor , tread , tune , ultimate , upbuoying , upcast ,
upheaval , uplift , uplifting , upmost , upper extremity , uppermost ,
upping , uprearing , uprise , upthrow , upthrust , utmost ,
vantage ground , vantage point , vertex , very top , volume , width ,
zenith


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