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ALL meanings of height

height
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  • noun height extent or distance upward: The balloon stopped rising at a height of 500 feet. 1
  • noun height distance upward from a given level to a fixed point: the height from the ground to the first floor; the height of an animal at the shoulder. 1
  • noun height the distance between the lowest and highest points of a person standing upright; stature: She is five feet in height. 1
  • noun height considerable or great altitude or elevation: the height of the mountains. 1
  • noun height Often, heights. a high place above a level; a hill or mountain: They stood on the heights overlooking the valley. the highest part; top; apex; summit: In his dreams he reached the heights. 1
  • noun height the highest point; utmost degree: the height of power; the height of pleasure. 1
  • noun height Archaic. high rank in social status. 1
  • noun height dimension: tallness 1
  • noun height tallness: in metres, feet 1
  • noun height person: stature 1
  • noun height measure from bottom 1
  • noun height high place 1
  • noun height summit, apex 1
  • noun height utmost, ultimate 1
  • noun plural height high places 1
  • noun plural height in name of hilly place 1
  • noun height Height, and not heighth, is considered the standard English form for this word. 1
  • noun height The measurement from base to top or (of a standing person) from head to foot. 1
  • noun height the vertical distance of an object or place above the ground or above sea level; altitude 0
  • noun height relatively great altitude or distance from the bottom to the top 0
  • noun height the topmost point; summit 0
  • noun height the angular distance of a celestial body above the horizon 0
  • noun height the period of greatest activity or intensity 0
  • noun height an extreme example of its kind 0
  • noun height an area of high ground 0
  • noun height the state of being far above the ground 0
  • noun height a position of influence, fame, or power 0
  • noun height the topmost point of anything 0
  • noun height the highest limit; greatest degree; extreme; climax; culmination 0
  • noun height the distance from the bottom to the top 0
  • noun height elevation or distance above a given level, as above the surface of the earth or sea; altitude 0
  • noun height elevation (of the sun, a star, etc.) above the horizon, measured in degrees 0
  • noun height a relatively great distance from bottom to top 0
  • noun height a relatively great distance above a given level 0
  • noun height a point or place considerably above most others; eminence; elevation; hill 0
  • noun height high rank 0
  • variable noun height The height of a person or thing is their size or length from the bottom to the top. 0
  • uncountable noun height Height is the quality of being tall. 0
  • variable noun height A particular height is the distance that something is above the ground or above something else mentioned. 0
  • countable noun height A height is a high position or place above the ground. 0
  • singular noun height When an activity, situation, or organization is at its height, it is at its most successful, powerful, or intense. 0
  • singular noun height 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. 0
  • noun plural height If something reaches great heights, it becomes very extreme or intense. 0
  • noun height the vertical distance from the bottom or lowest part of something to the top or apex 0
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