Height Definition

hīt
heights
noun
heights
The distance from the bottom to the top.
Webster's New World
The condition or attribute of being relatively or sufficiently high or tall.
Height is an advantage in basketball.
American Heritage
Elevation (of the sun, a star, etc.) above the horizon, measured in degrees.
Webster's New World
The topmost point of anything.
Webster's New World
Elevation or distance above a given level, as above the surface of the earth or sea; altitude.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Height

Noun

Singular:
height
Plural:
heights

Origin of Height

  • From the older heighth, from Old English hīehþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (cf. *hauhaz), cognate to Old Norse and Icelandic hæð (cf. Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Dutch hoogte, Old High German hohida, Gothic (hauhiþa). Corresponds to high + -th.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English hēhthu, hēahthu

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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