Transcription
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- [hahy rahyz]
- /haɪ raɪz/
- /haɪ raɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hahy rahyz]
- /haɪ raɪz/
Definitions of high-rise word
- adjective high-rise (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house. 1
- adjective high-rise of, relating to, or characteristic of high-rise buildings. 1
- adjective high-rise of or being a small-wheeled bicycle with high handlebars and a banana-shaped seat. 1
- noun high-rise Also, high rise, high-riser. a high-rise apartment or office building. 1
- adjective high-rise building: multi-storey 1
- noun high-rise multi-storey block: of flats, etc. 1
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Origin of high-rise
First appearance:
before 1950 One of the 5% newest English words
First recorded in 1950-55
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for High-rise
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
high-rise popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for high-rise
adj high-rise
- raised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- tall — having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass.
- aerial — You talk about aerial attacks and aerial photographs to indicate that people or things on the ground are attacked or photographed by people in aeroplanes.
- high — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- towering — very high or tall; lofty: a towering oak.
noun high-rise
- tower — the fiber of flax, hemp, or jute prepared for spinning by scutching.
- superstructure — the part of a building or construction entirely above its foundation or basement.
- coop — A coop is a cage where you keep small animals or birds such as chickens and rabbits.
- slum — Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- flat — horizontally level: a flat roof.
Antonyms for high-rise
adj high-rise
- base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- immoral — violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics.
- lowly — humble in station, condition, or nature: a lowly cottage.
- little — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- low — to utter by or as by lowing.
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