How do you use the word "height" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "height" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "height": His height is a great advantage when he plays volleyball. Nikita Khrushchev was at the height of his powers.

Height Meaning

/haɪt/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe distance from the base to the top of something.

nounThe distance from the base to the top of something., The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).

Sentence Examples

His height is a great advantage when he plays volleyball.

Nikita Khrushchev was at the height of his powers.

Height: 210 mm. Width: 57 mm. Length: 170 mm.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

top peak elevation

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

His ____ of 6 feet made him the tallest player on the team.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ____ of the Eiffel Tower is approximately 330 meters, including the antennas on the top.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kewk- Proto-Indo-European *kówk-o-s Proto-Germanic *hauhaz Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu Old English hīehþu Middle English heighte English height 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”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Happiness Makes Up in Height for What It Lacks in Length [title of poem]" — 1942, Robert Frost, “Happiness Makes Up in Height for What It Lacks in Length”, in A Witness Tree, New York: Henry Hold and Company, published 1943, page 15:

"He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts." — 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

"At length they arrived at the open road, skirted by a wide heath, bounded by the rising heights of the undulating country." — 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 37:

"The Guardian of the Flooded Village has grown for 350 years on a rocky height near the village of Chudobin, said locally to play host to a devil that sat under it at night, playing the violin and warding off intruders – though in reality the eerie sounds are more likely to have come from the strong winds blowing over the valley." — 2020 March 17, Fiona Harvey, “Pine tree near flooded Czech village voted European tree of the year”, in The Guardian:

"[…]They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height / The pith and marrow of our attribute[…]" — c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

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