height

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: hīt, IPA: /haɪt/, SAMPA: /haIt/

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

Noun

height (countable and uncountable; plural heights)

1. The distance from the base of something to the top.
   • Robert Frost

     Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

2. The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
3. The highest point or maximum degree.

   She's at the height of her career.

   • 2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, BBC Sport:

     If City never quite reached the heights of their 6-1 demolition of United, then Roberto Mancini's side should still have had this game safe long before Johnson restored their two-goal advantage.

4. (Sussex) an area of land at the top of a cliff.

Related terms

• high

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:apex

Translations

distance from bottom to top

Armenian: բարձրություն (hy) (barjrut'yun) Croatian: visìna (hr) f. Czech: výška (cs) f. Dutch: hoogte (nl) Estonian: kõrgus (et) Ewe: kɔkɔme Finnish: korkeus (fi) French: hauteur (fr) f. German: Höhe (de) f. Greek: Ancient: ὕψος (hypsos) n. Modern: ύψος (el) (ýpsos) n. Haitian Creole: wotè Hebrew: רמה (he) (ramah) Hungarian: magasság (hu) Italian: altezza (it) f.

Japanese: 高さ Kurdish: به‌رزی (ku) (berzi) Latgalian: augstums m. Latin: altitudo (la) f. Latvian: augstums (lv) m. Lithuanian: aukštis m., aukštumas m. Luxembourgish: Héicht (lb) f. Portuguese: altura (pt) f. Russian: высота (ru) f. Serbian: visina (sr) f. Spanish: altura (es) Swedish: höjd (sv) c., längd (sv) c. Tagalog: taas (tl) Telugu: పొడుగు (poDugu) Venetian: altézsa f.

height of a standing person or animal

Armenian: հասակ (hy) (hasak), բոյ (hy) (boy) Finnish: pituus (fi) (person); korkeus (fi) (animal) German: Größe (de) f. Greek: ύψος (el) (ýpsos) n. Hungarian: magasság (hu) Japanese: 身長 (of persons, animals), 体高(withers height of animals)

Kurdish: باڵا (ku) (bala) Latgalian: augstums Latvian: augums (lv) Portuguese: altura (pt) Russian: рост (ru) m. Swedish: mankhöjd (sv) c.

highest point

Finnish: huippu (fi) Greek: κορυφή (el) (koryfí) f. Hungarian: csúcs (hu)

Portuguese: auge (pt) m., ápice (pt) m. Romanian: culme (ro) Welsh: uchelfan (cy)

Antonyms

• depth

External links

• Height on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• eighth