height
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height¹
- /haɪt/
- /heɪt/ obsolete
Sounds like hight · Rhymes with -aɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (compare *hauhaz). Equivalent to high + -t (abstract nominal suffix). The regular pronunciation is now obsolete /heɪt/ (as with other words in -eight); the modern form developed early on, at first as a variant, by analogy with the underlying adjective.
Cognates
See also Saterland Frisian Höchte, Hööchte (“height”), West Frisian hichte (“height”), Dutch hoogte (“height”), Middle High German hœhede, hœhte (“height”), Old Norse hæð (“height”) (compare Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa, “height”).
noun heights · heighth · heigth · hight · highth
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The distance from the base to the top of something.
Happiness Makes Up in Height for What It Lacks in Length [title of poem]
Similar: stature
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The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
— What's your height? — 180 centimetres.
Similar: stature
- The minimum distance from a vertex of a triangle to (the extension of) the edge opposite, namely along a line perpendicular to the edge. The area of a triangle is "a half base times height".
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The amplitude of a sinusoid.
Similar: stature
- The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level. We flew at a height of 15 000 meters.
- A high point. At length they arrived at the open road, skirted by a wide heath, bounded by the rising heights of the undulating country.
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The highest point or maximum degree.
She's at the height of her career.
Similar: acme, apex, zenith, apogee, apotheosis, ascendance, capstone, climax, coronation, crown, culmination, extreme
- A mountain, especially a very high one.
- An area of land at the top of a cliff.
- A quality of vowels, indicating the vertical position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth; in practice, the first formant, associated with the height of the tongue.
Height²
Where it comes from
English surname, spelling variant of Hight.
proper noun Heights
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pinnacle, top, peak, stature, acme, elevation, tallness, superlative, summit, altitude, overhead, high, tall, upper, heightened, breadth
Translations
Every language
noun distance from bottom to top
| Español | altura, altor, alteza |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 높이 nopi, 고도 godo |
| 日本語 | 高さ takasa, 高度 kōdo |
| 中文 | 高低 gāodī, 高度 gāodù |
| हिन्दी | ऊंचाई ūñcāī |
| Português | altura |
| Français | hauteur |
| Deutsch | Höhe |
| Italiano | altezza |
| Ελληνικά | ύψος ýpsos |
| Română | înălțime |
| Русский | высота́ vysotá, вышина́ vyšiná |
| Tiếng Việt | độ cao, cao |
| العربية | اِرْتِفَاع irtifāʕ |
| עברית | גֹּבַהּ góvah |
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