height
/haɪt/
The distance from the base to the top of something; The distance from the base to the top of something.; The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal; The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level
- plural
- heights
Meanings
- 1
The distance from the base to the top of something
Tom is afraid of heights.
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Tom is almost my height.
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- 2
The distance from the base to the top of something.; The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse)
- 3
The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level
- 4
A high point
- 5
A high point.; The highest point or maximum degree
- 6
A high point.; A mountain, especially a very high one
- 7
The distance from the base to the top of something.; The minimum distance from a vertex of a triangle to (the extension of) the edge opposite, namely along a line perpendicular to the edgerare
- 8
The distance from the base to the top of something.; The amplitude of a sinusoidrare
- 9
A high point.; An area of land at the top of a cliffrare
- 10
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 tonguerare