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height
CEFRB1
/haɪt/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
The distance from bottom to top of something.
- 02
noun
Extra detailThe distance from the base to the top of something.
Examples
Height: 210 mm. Width: 57 mm. Length: 170 mm.
His height is a great advantage when he plays volleyball.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /heɪt/
- /həɪt/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsThe vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
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 amplitude of a sinusoid.
More examples
In contextNikita Khrushchev was at the height of his powers.
— What's your height? — 180 centimetres.
The area of a triangle is "a half base times height".
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Origin
noun
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. Cognates See also Saterland Frisian Höchte, Hööchte (“height”), West Frisian hichte (“height”), Dutch hoogte (“height”), Middle High German hœhede, hœhte (“height”), Old Norse hæð (“height”) (compare Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa, “height”).