high
/haɪ/
Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character; Very elevated; extending or being far above a base
- comparative
- higher
- superlative
- highest
Meanings
- 1
Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character
It's high time you got going.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
It's an order from on high.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty — Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level
- 3
Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured — Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level
- 4
Of a ball, above the batter's shoulders — Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level
- 5
Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions — Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level
- 6
Having a specified elevation or height; tall
- 7
Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.; Most exalted; foremost
- 8
Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.; Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive)
- 9
Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.; Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith
- 10
Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.; Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend)