high

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 See also 1.4 Adverb 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English hēah from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz from Proto-Indo-European *keuk-, a suffixed form of *keu-. Cognates include Dutch hoog, German hoch; and also Lithuanian kaukas, Russian куча (kúcha).

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: hī, IPA: /haɪ/, SAMPA: /haI/
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  Rhymes: -aɪ

• Homophones: hi, hie

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high (comparative higher, superlative highest)

1. Being elevated in position or status, a state of being above many things.
2. Tall, lofty, at a great distance above the ground (at high altitude).
3. (slang) To be under the influence of a mood affecting drug; stoned.
4. Of a quantity or value, great or large.

   My bank charges me a high interest rate.

5. (acoustics) Of greater frequency, or with more rapid wave oscillations.

   The note was too high for her to sing.

[edit] Antonyms

• low

[edit] Derived terms

Look at pages starting with high.

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• mighty

[edit] Adverb

high (comparative higher, superlative highest)

1. In or to an elevated position.

   How high above land did you fly?

2. In or at a great value.

   Costs have grown higher this year again.

3. In a pitch of great frequency.

   I certainly can't sing that high.

[edit] Usage notes

• The adverb high and the adverb highly shouldn't be mistaken.

  He hung the picture high on the wall.

  As a politician, he isn't esteemed too highly.

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[edit] Noun

high (plural highs)

1. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs

   That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown

[edit] See also

• crash