Height Mm Haɪt High Reached Tall Extra Examples

• height: 210 mm. width: 57 mm. length: 170 mm.
• please state your height and weight.
• she is the same height as her sister.
• to be of medium/average height

height

Word Family

• high adjective noun adverb
• highly adverb
• height noun
• heighten verb
1. the measurement of how tall a person or thing is
• Height: 210 mm. Width: 57 mm. Length: 170 mm.
• Please state your height and weight.
• She is the same height as her sister.
• to be of medium/average height
• It is almost two metres in height.
• You can adjust the height of the chair.
• The plant can reach a height of over six feet.
• The table is available in several different heights.

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• The plants grow to a maximum height of 24 inches.
• He is of medium height and slim build.
2. the quality of being tall or high
• The height of the mountain did not discourage them.
• His great height was rather a handicap.
3. a particular distance above the ground
• The aircraft was gaining height.
• The plane flew at a height of 3 000 metres.
• to be at shoulder/chest/waist height
• The stone was dropped from a great height.

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• The object had clearly fallen from a considerable height.
• The plane was beginning to lose height.
• Bring your hands to shoulder height.
• The balloon reached a height of 20 000 feet.
• The animal lives in lakes at a height of 6 000 feet above sea level.
4. a high place or position
• Brooklyn Heights
• He doesn't have a head for heights (= is afraid of high places).
• a fear of heights
• The pattern of the ancient fields is clearly visible from a height.
• We looked out over the city from the heights of Edinburgh Castle.

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• The condor soars above the mountain heights.
• They were the first expedition to scale the heights of Everest.
5. the point when something is at its strongest or best
• The fire reached its height around 2 a.m.
• The crisis was at its height in May.
• She is still at the height of her powers.
• He is at the height of his career.
• I wouldn't go there in the height of summer.
• during the height of the Cold War
6. a better or greater level of something; a situation where something is very good
• Their success had reached new heights.
• He didn’t know it was possible to reach such heights of happiness.
• She rose to undreamed-of heights of power and fame.
7. an extreme example of a particular quality
• It would be the height of folly (= very stupid) to change course now.
• She was dressed in the height of fashion.
8. an important or impressive position
• She dreamed of reaching the dizzy heights of stardom.
• They reached the dizzy heights of Number 11 in the charts.
9. to stand straight and tall in order to show that you are determined, powerful or important
• He drew himself up to his full height and glared at us.

Word Origin

• Old English hēhthu (in the sense ‘top of something’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoogte, also to high.