Meaning

3 senses

  1. To a high position; or up in, or to, the sky; above.

    свысока́svysoká

  2. (literary, specifically)Up in, or to, Heaven.

  3. (humorous)In authority, influence, or power.

    According to those on high, taxes need to increase again.

Examples

74 sentences

  1. I had the heat on high.

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  2. I'm on our high school soccer team.

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  3. I am on our high school soccer team.

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  4. Tom turned on his high beams.

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  5. Put on your high-heel shoes.

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Translations

1 languages
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By meaning 1
to a high position; or up in, or to, the sky — see also above, aloft:

Origin

From Middle English on heigh, on an heigh (“in or into heaven; up to heaven”) [and other f

From Middle English on heigh, on an heigh (“in or into heaven; up to heaven”) [and other forms], from Old English on hēagum (“on high”); hēagum is an inflected form of hēah (“high; tall”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“height; to elevate”). The English word is equivalent to on + high. Compare Dutch omhoog (“upwards, on high”), West Frisian omheech (“upwards”).

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
ahighaloft

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
onA1onboard
on high — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto