Meaning

27 senses
  1. Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:

    Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.

    The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain

    hoch, hooch

    высо́кийvysókij

    висо́кийvysókyj

  2. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.

  3. Of a ball, above the batter's shoulders.

    the pitch (or: the ball) was high

  4. Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.

  5. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.

    three feet high three Mount Everests high

  6. Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.

    The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish.

  7. Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.

    Most exalted; foremost.

    the high priest, the high officials of the court, the high altar

  8. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).

    high crimes, the high festival of the sun

  9. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.

    1709-1710, Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning High sauces and rich spices are fetch'd from the Indies.

  10. Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).

  11. Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.

    high church High Tory

  12. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.

    in high spirits

    1970, Grateful Dead, High Time, on the album Workingman's Dead I was having a high time, living the good life.

Examples

4726 sentences
  1. It's high time you got going.

    Тобі вже давно час іти.

    ruТебе уже пора идти.

    deDu solltest schon längst abgefahren sein.

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  2. The driver maintained a high speed.

    Водій підтримував високу швидкість.

    deDer Fahrer behielt eine hohe Geschwindigkeit bei.

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  3. Tom is a high school student.

    Том — старшокласник.

    ruТом — учащийся средней школы.

    deTom ist Schüler.

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  4. I had a very high fever.

    У мене була дуже висока температура.

    ruУ меня была очень высокая температура.

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  5. Are you still in high school?

    Ти все ще школяр?

    deGehst du noch zur Schule?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
elevated; tall:
Русский
By meaning 2
of great or large quantity:
slang: under the influence of drugs:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
of great or large quantity:
elevated; tall:
slang: under the influence of drugs:
acoustics: of greater frequency:
of meat: slightly tainted:

Origin

From Middle English high, heigh, heih, from Old English hēah (“high, tall, lofty, high-cla

From Middle English high, heigh, heih, from Old English hēah (“high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime, illustrious, important, proud, haughty, deep, right”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to bend; crooked”).

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Forms

higher, highest
Comparativehigher Lesson
Superlativehighest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
intoxicated:stoned
Close in meaning
  • happy and excited and energetic:in high spirits
  • slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana):mellow
  • used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency:high-pitched
  • standing above others in quality or position:eminent
  • (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted:gameygamy

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

339 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • high school
  • in high school
  • high school student
  • junior high school
  • graduated from high
  • from high school
  • a high school
  • junior high
  • was in high
  • in junior high
  • since high school
  • to high school

See also

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