Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)An athletics event where a competitor must jump over a bar placed gradually higher and higher.

    Hochsprung

    прыжо́к в высоту́pryžók v vysotú

More definitions
  • the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar
  • a competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar

Examples

7 sentences
  1. How high can you jump?

    Як високо ти можеш підстрибнути? — deniko

    ruКак высоко ты можешь прыгнуть? — Balamax

    deWie hoch können Sie springen? — MUIRIEL

  2. The high jump will be the last event.

  3. She set the world record for the high jump.

    ruОна установила мировой рекорд по прыжкам в высоту. — sharptoothed

    deSie stellte den Weltrekord im Hochsprung auf. — xtofu80

  4. He is much better than me at the high jump.

    ruОн гораздо лучше меня в прыжках в высоту. — Lenin_1917

  5. That fence is too high to jump over.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
athletics event:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
athletics event:

Origin

From high + jump.

From high + jump.

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Word family

1 related words

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