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Height Reached Mm Haɪt High Dizzy Metres Tall

Word height
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / haɪt / NAmE / haɪt /
Example
  • height: 210 mm. width: 57 mm. length: 170 mm.
  • please state your height and weight.
  • it is almost 2 metres in height.
  • she is the same height as her sister.
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height

(noun)BrE / haɪt / NAmE / haɪt /
  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.
    • It is almost 2 metres in height.
    • She is the same height as her sister.
    • to be of medium/average height
    • You can adjust the height of the chair.
    • The table is available in several different heights.
  2. the quality of being tall or high
    • She worries about her height (= that she is too tall).
    • The height of the mountain did not discourage them.
  3. a particular distance above the ground
    • The plane flew at a height of 3 000 metres.
    • The stone was dropped from a great height.
    • The aircraft was gaining height.
    • to be at shoulder/chest/waist height
  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
    • We looked out over the city from the heights of Edinburgh Castle.
    • The pattern of the ancient fields is clearly visible from a height.
  5. the point when something is at its best or strongest
    • He is at the height of his career.
    • She is still at the height of her powers.
    • I wouldn't go there in the height of summer.
    • The fire reached its height around 2 a.m.
    • The crisis was at its height in May.
  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.
  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 your determination or high status
  10. Extra Examples

    • Bring your hands to shoulder height.
    • He drew himself up to his full height and glared at us.
    • Her great height was rather a handicap.
    • She rose to undreamed-of heights of power and fame.
    • Such a course of action would be the very height of folly
    • The animal lives in lakes at a height of 6 000 feet above sea level.
    • The animal lives in lakes near Mexico City, at a height of 6 000 to 7 000 feet above sea level.
    • The balloon reached a height of 20 000 feet.
    • The condor soars above the mountain heights.
    • The fire reached its height around 2 a.m.
    • The group’s popularity reached new heights when they got a top ten hit.
    • The group’s popularity reached new heights when they released their second album.
    • The housing market was at its height in the early part of the decade.
    • The object had clearly fallen from a considerable height.
    • The pattern of the ancient fields is clearly visible from a height.
    • The pilot was unable to maintain height.
    • The plane was beginning to lose height.
    • The plants grow to a maximum height of 24 inches.
    • The wall is 2.5 metres in height.
    • They have risen to the dizzy heights of the semi-finals.
    • They were the first expedition to scale the heights of Everest.
    • a man of middle height
    • He didn’t know it was possible to reach such heights of happiness.
    • He is of medium height and slim build.
    • I wouldn’t go there in the height of summer.
    • She dreamed of reaching the dizzy heights of stardom.
    • She is still at the height of her powers.
    • She worries about her height.
    • Their success had reached new heights.

    Word Origin

    • Old English hēhthu (in the sense ‘top of something’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoogte, also to high.
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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