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noun
1.
extent or distance upward: The balloon stopped rising at a height of 500 feet.
2.
distance upward from a given level to a fixed point: the height from the ground to the first floor; the height of an animal at the shoulder.
3.
the distance between the lowest and highest points of a person standing upright; stature: She is five feet in height.
4.
considerable or great altitude or elevation: the height of the mountains.
5.
EXPANDOften, heights.
a.
a high place above a level; a hill or mountain: They stood on the heights overlooking the valley.
b.
the highest part; top; apex; summit: In his dreams he reached the heights.
6.
the highest point; utmost degree: the height of power; the height of pleasure.
7.
COLLAPSEArchaic. high rank in social status.
Also, hight.
Synonyms
3. tallness. Height, altitude, elevation refer to distance above a level. Height denotes extent upward (as from foot to head) as well as any measurable distance above a given level: The tree grew to a height of ten feet. They looked down from a great height. Altitude usually refers to the distance, determined by instruments, above a given level, commonly mean sea level: altitude of an airplane. Elevation implies a distance to which something has been raised or uplifted above a level: a hill's elevation above the surrounding country, above sea level. 5. prominence. 6. peak, pinnacle; acme, zenith; culmination.
3. tallness. Height, altitude, elevation refer to distance above a level. Height denotes extent upward (as from foot to head) as well as any measurable distance above a given level: The tree grew to a height of ten feet. They looked down from a great height. Altitude usually refers to the distance, determined by instruments, above a given level, commonly mean sea level: altitude of an airplane. Elevation implies a distance to which something has been raised or uplifted above a level: a hill's elevation above the surrounding country, above sea level. 5. prominence. 6. peak, pinnacle; acme, zenith; culmination.
Antonyms
1, 2. depth.
1, 2. depth.
Usage note
Height, and not heighth, is considered the standard English form for this word.
Height, and not heighth, is considered the standard English form for this word.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
height
O.E. hiehþu, Anglian hehþo "highest part or point, summit," from root of heah "high" + -itha Gmc. abstract noun suffix (cf. O.N. hæð, O.H.G. hohida, Goth. hauhiþa "height"). The modern pronunciation with -t not established till 18c., and heighth is still colloquial.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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height (hīt)
n.
The distance from the base of something to the top.
Stature, especially of the human body.
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