height

height: [[t]ha͟ɪt[/t]]
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heights

1) N-VAR: oft with poss, amount in N, N of amount The height of a person or thing is their size or length from the bottom to the top.

Her weight is about normal for her height...

I am 5'6'' in height...

The wave here has a length of 250 feet and a height of 10 feet...

He was a man of medium height.

...a garden containing all sorts of trees and shrubs of varying heights and shades.

2) N-UNCOUNT Height is the quality of being tall.

She admits that her height is intimidating for some men.

3) N-VAR A particular height is the distance that something is above the ground or above something else mentioned.

At the speed and height at which he was moving, he was never more than half a second from disaster.

...a test in which a 6.3 kilogram weight was dropped on it from a height of 1 metre...

The corridors there were painted chocolate-brown to shoulder height...

The chains were at different heights on the wall.

4) N-COUNT A height is a high position or place above the ground.

From a height, it looks like a desert...

I'm not afraid of heights.

...the Golan Heights.

5) N-SING: at N with poss When an activity, situation, or organization is at its height, it is at its most successful, powerful, or intense.

During the early sixth century emigration from Britain to Brittany was at its height...

At its height Bletchley Park employed 12,000 people...

He was struck down at the height of his career...

At the height of the summer season there can be up to 42,000 people in Benidorm.

Syn:

peak

6) N-SING: the N of n (emphasis) If you say that something is the height of a particular quality, you are emphasizing that it has that quality to the greatest degree possible.

The hip-hugging black and white polka-dot dress was the height of fashion...

I think it's the height of bad manners to be dressed badly...

This is the height of hooliganism.

7) N-PLURAL: with supp, oft adj N, N of n If something reaches great heights, it becomes very extreme or intense.

...the mid-1980s, when prices rose to absurd heights...

Recently the speculation has reached new heights...

One wondered what heights of ecstasy the winner reached.

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Height — is the measurement of vertical distance, but has two meanings in common use. It can either indicate how tall something is, or how high up it is. For example one could say That is a tall building , or That airplane is high up in the sky . These… … Wikipedia
height — W2S2 [haıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(how tall)¦ 2¦(distance above the ground)¦ 3¦(high place)¦ 4 new/great/dizzy etc heights 5 the height of something 6 be at the height of your success/fame/powers etc 7 be the height of fashion/stupidity/luxury etc ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬… … Dictionary of contemporary English
height — [ haıt ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount how high something is, or how tall someone is: He was about the same height as his wife. in height: a graceful tower, rising to 400 feet in height someone s full height (=their height when they stand up… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
height — [hīt] n. [< earlier highth < ME heighthe < OE hiehthu (akin to Goth hauhitha) < heah: see HIGH & TH1] 1. the topmost point of anything 2. the highest limit; greatest degree; extreme; climax; culmination [the height of absurdity] 3.… … English World dictionary
height — height, altitude, elevation mean the distance a thing rises above the level on which it stands, or the vertical distance between a given level taken as a base and a thing that is above it. Height may be used with reference to whatever can be so… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Height — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Dorothy Height (1912–2010), US amerikanische Politikerin, Bürgerrechtlerin und Sozialarbeiterin Siehe auch: Heightmap, siehe Höhenfelder, zweidimensionale skalare Felder, die ein Höhenrelief beschreiben… … Deutsch Wikipedia
height — ► NOUN 1) the measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top. 2) the distance of something above ground or sea level. 3) the quality of being tall or high. 4) a high place or area. 5) the most intense part or period:… … English terms dictionary
height´en|er — height|en «HY tuhn», transitive verb. 1. to make higher; elevate: »The builder heightened the doorway to accommodate the tall owner. 2. Figurative. to make stronger or greater; increase: »The clowns and the band heightened the children s pleasure … Useful english dictionary
height|en — «HY tuhn», transitive verb. 1. to make higher; elevate: »The builder heightened the doorway to accommodate the tall owner. 2. Figurative. to make stronger or greater; increase: »The clowns and the band heightened the children s pleasure. Wax… … Useful english dictionary
height — O.E. hiehþu, Anglian hehþo highest part or point, summit; the heavens, heaven, from root of heah high (see HIGH (Cf. high)) + itha, Germanic abstract noun suffix. Cf. O.N. hæð, M.Du. hoochte, O.H.G. hohida, Goth. hauhiþa height. Meaning d … Etymology dictionary

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