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Synonyms for height

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hahyt
Phonetic Transcription : haɪt

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Définition of height

Origin :
  • Old English hiehþu, Anglian hehþo "highest part or point, summit; the heavens, heaven," from root of heah "high" (see high) + -itha, Germanic abstract noun suffix. Cf. Old Norse hæð, Middle Dutch hoochte, Old High German hohida, Gothic hauhiþa "height." Meaning "distance from bottom to top" is from late 13c. Meaning "excellence, high degree of a quality" is late 14c. The modern pronunciation with -t emerged 13c., but wasn't established till 19c., and heighth is still colloquial.
  • noun altitude, top part
  • noun climax; importance
Example sentences :
  • In front of Judge Gould's office the combat was at its height.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • There is no height to which you may not fairly rise in this country.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • From the height of this place and the summit of this century, let us go forth.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Which of you by being over-anxious can add a single foot to his height?
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Height above the sea, of the Pass, 1458 feet;—of this camp, 1256 feet.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • From the height of pride and confidence he falls to utter hopelessness.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • Even at Christmas, 1597, Shakespeare's passion has reached the height of a sex-duel.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • But in the height of summer the heat is torrid on the Roof of France.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • The little thing measured her height by touching her forehead.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • His height was five feet ten, and his figure was well proportioned.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various

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