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height
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- pronunciation:
- haIt
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the distance from the bottom to the top.
The height of that pine tree is fifteen feet.- synonyms:
- attitude, elevation
- similar words:
- altitude, highness
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| definition 2: |
how tall a person is.
My height right now is five feet.
- synonyms:
- tallness
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| definition 3: |
the peak or highest point.
At its height, that building seems to touch the clouds.- synonyms:
- apex, crest, peak, summit, tip, vertex, zenith
- antonyms:
- bottom
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| definition 4: |
the highest point or degree.
She's at the height of her success.At the height of the sale, there were hundreds of people shopping.- synonyms:
- crest, peak, summit, utmost, zenith
- similar words:
- ceiling, climax, extremity, maximum, top
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| definition 5: |
(often plural) a high place from which one can look out.
From the heights of that hill one can see the whole town.I looked down at the street below from the heights of the skyscraper.- similar words:
- altitude, elevation, headland, highland, hill, hilltop, mountain, promontory, rise, top
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| related words: |
best, crown, dimension, high, meridian, pitch, prime |
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