high

CEFRA1

/haɪ/

adjective

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Far above the ground or greater than usual in amount.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:

Examples

  • Back in high school, I got up at 6 a.m. every morning.

  • The hotel offers a high standard of comfort and service.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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5
Parts of speech
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Synonyms
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adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.

  2. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.

  3. Above the batter's shoulders.

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In context

  • This is my friend Rachel. We went to high school together.

  • The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain

  • the pitch (or: the ball) was high

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English high, heigh, heih, from Old English hēah (“high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime, illustrious, important, proud, haughty, deep, right”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to bend; crooked”). Cognates Cognate with Scots heich (“high”), Yola heegh, heigh, heighe, hia, hie (“high”), North Frisian hoog, huuch (“high”), Saterland Frisian hooch, hoog (“high”), West Frisian heech (“high”), Alemannic German hooch (“high”), Central Franconian huh (“high”), Cimbrian hoach, hòach (“high”), Dutch hoog (“high”), German hoch (“high”), German Low German hooch (“high”), Limburgish hoeg (“high”), Lux...