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ALL meanings of high

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  • adjective high High is also an adverb. 0
  • adjective high Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree. 0
  • adjective high You use high to talk or ask about how much something upright measures from the bottom to the top. 0
  • adverb high In or to an elevated position. 0
  • adjective high If something is high, it is a long way above the ground, above sea level, or above a person or thing. 0
  • adverb high In or at a great value. 0
  • adjective high You can use high to indicate that something is great in amount, degree, or intensity. 0
  • adverb high In a pitch of great frequency. 0
  • adjective high If a food or other substance is high in a particular ingredient, it contains a large amount of that ingredient. 0
  • countable noun high If something reaches a high of a particular amount or degree, that is the greatest it has ever been. 0
  • adjective high If you say that something is a high priority or is high on your list, you mean that you consider it to be one of the most important things you have to do or deal with. 0
  • adjective high Someone who is high in a particular profession or society, or has a high position, has a very important position and has great authority and influence. 0
  • adjective high You can use high to describe something that is advanced or complex. 0
  • adverb high If you aim high, you try to obtain or to achieve the best that you can. 0
  • adjective high If someone has a high reputation, or people have a high opinion of them, people think they are very good in some way, for example at their work. 0
  • adjective high If the quality or standard of something is high, it is very good indeed. 0
  • adjective high If someone has high principles, they are morally good. 0
  • adjective high A high sound or voice is close to the top of a particular range of notes. 0
  • adjective high When a river is high, it contains much more water than usual. 0
  • adjective high If your spirits are high, you feel happy and excited. 0
  • adjective high If someone is high on drink or drugs, they are affected by the alcoholic drink or drugs they have taken. 0
  • countable noun high A high is a feeling or mood of great excitement or happiness. 0
  • adjective high being a relatively great distance from top to bottom; tall 0
  • adjective high situated at or extending to a relatively great distance above the ground or above sea level 0
  • adjective high being a specified distance from top to bottom 0
  • adjective high (in combination) 0
  • adjective high extending from an elevation 0
  • adjective high coming up to a specified level 0
  • adjective high being at its peak or point of culmination 0
  • adjective high of greater than average height 0
  • adjective high greater than normal in degree, intensity, or amount 0
  • adjective high of large or relatively large numerical value 0
  • adjective high (of sound) acute in pitch; having a high frequency 0
  • adjective high (of latitudes) situated relatively far north or south from the equator 0
  • adjective high (of meat) slightly decomposed or tainted, regarded as enhancing the flavour of game 0
  • adjective high of great eminence; very important 0
  • adjective high exalted in style or character; elevated 0
  • adjective high expressing or feeling contempt or arrogance 0
  • adjective high elated; cheerful 0
  • adjective high overexcited 0
  • adjective high being in a state of altered consciousness, characterized esp by euphoria and often induced by the use of alcohol, narcotics, etc 0
  • adjective high luxurious or extravagant 0
  • adjective high advanced in complexity or development 0
  • adjective high (of a gear) providing a relatively great forward speed for a given engine speed 0
  • adjective high of, relating to, or denoting a vowel whose articulation is produced by raising the back of the tongue towards the soft palate or the blade towards the hard palate, such as for the ee in English see or oo in English moon 0
  • adjective high formal and elaborate in style 0
  • adjective high of or relating to the High Church 0
  • adjective high remote, esp in time 0
  • adjective high having a relatively great value in a suit 0
  • adjective high able to win a trick 0
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