height

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From the older heighth, from Old English hīehþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (cf. *hauhaz), cognate to Old Norse and Icelandic hæð (cf. Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Dutch hoogte, Old High German hohida, Gothic hauhiþa. Corresponds to high + -th.

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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.

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