high
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- hi (informal)
[edit] Etymology
From Old English hēah, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keuk-, a suffixed form of *keu-. Cognates include Dutch hoog, Low German hog, German hoch; and also Lithuanian kaukas, Russian куча (kúcha).
[edit] Pronunciation
- enPR: hī, IPA: /haɪ/, SAMPA: /haI/
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- Homophones: hi, hie
[edit] Adjective
high (comparative higher, superlative highest)
- Being elevated in position or status, a state of being above many things.
- Tall, lofty, at a great distance above the ground (at high altitude).
- (slang) To be under the influence of a mood affecting drug; stoned.
- Of a quantity or value, great or large.
- My bank charges me a high interest rate.
- (acoustics) Of greater frequency, or with more rapid wave oscillations.
- The note was too high for her to sing.
- (of a body of water) With tall waves.
- 1939, Agatha Christie, Ten Little Niggers, chapter 11:
- "The sea is as high as ever. I shouldn't think any boat could put out today."
- 1939, Agatha Christie, Ten Little Niggers, chapter 11:
- (of meat, especially venison) Decomposing, rotting (to an extent which is desired by some).
- The tailor liked his meat high.
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[edit] Translations
elevated
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tall, lofty
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slang: stoned
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of great or large quantity
acoustics: of greater frequency
of meat: decomposing
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[edit] Adverb
high (comparative higher, superlative highest)
- In or to an elevated position.
- How high above land did you fly?
- In or at a great value.
- Costs have grown higher this year again.
- 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.
[edit] Translations
in or at an elevated position
in or at a great value
[edit] Noun
high (plural highs)
- 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
- (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
- The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.