Meaning

10 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The distance from the base to the top of something.

    the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top

  2. The distance from the base to the top of something.

    (countable, uncountable)The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).

    — What's your height? — 180 centimetres.

    Größe

    ростrost

    зрістzrist

    (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot

  3. (countable, uncountable)The minimum distance from a vertex of a triangle to (the extension of) the edge opposite, namely along a line perpendicular to the edge.

    The area of a triangle is "a half base times height".

  4. (countable, uncountable)The amplitude of a sinusoid.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.

    We flew at a height of 15 000 meters.

    I'm afraid of heights.

    elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface

  6. (countable, uncountable)A high point.

  7. A high point.

    (countable, figuratively, uncountable)The highest point or maximum degree.

    She's at the height of her career.

    высота́vysotá, разгарrazgar

    the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

  8. (countable, uncountable)A mountain, especially a very high one.

  9. (countable, uncountable)An area of land at the top of a cliff.

  10. (countable, uncountable)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 tongue.

Examples

344 sentences
  1. She's about the same height as you.

    Вона приблизно такого самого зросту що й ти. — ascolto

    ruОна примерно твоего роста. — afyodor

    deSie ist etwa genauso groß wie du. — lilygilder

  2. I'm the same height as he is.

    Я такого ж зросту, як і він. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ такого же роста, как он. — polymerase

    deIch bin genauso groß wie er. — Zaghawa

  3. Tom and Mary are the same height.

    Том з Мері одного зросту. — deniko

    ruТом с Мэри одного роста. — marafon

    deTom und Maria sind gleich groß. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. She and I are about the same height.

    Ми з нею приблизно однакового зросту. — deniko

    ruМы с ней примерно одного роста. — odexed

    deSie und ich sind etwa gleich groß. — wolfgangth

  5. He and I are almost the same height.

    Ми з ним майже одного зросту. — deniko

    ruМы с ним почти одного роста. — marafon

    deEr und ich sind fast gleich groß. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
distance from bottom to top:
height of a standing person or animal:
Русский
By meaning 3
distance from bottom to top:
height of a standing person or animal:
highest point:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
distance from bottom to top:
height of a standing person or animal:

Origin

From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Pr

From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (compare *hauhaz). Equivalent to high + -t (abstract nominal suffix). The regular pronunciation is now obsolete /heɪt/ (as with other words in -eight); the modern form developed early on, at first as a variant, by analogy with the underlying adjective.

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Forms

plural: heights
Singularheight
Pluralheights

regular

Synonyms

34 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

29 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • the same height
  • same height as
  • same height
  • afraid of heights

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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