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height definition

height (hīt)

noun

  1. the topmost point of anything
  2. the highest limit; greatest degree; extreme; climax; culmination the height of absurdity
  3. the distance from the bottom to the top
    1. elevation or distance above a given level, as above the surface of the earth or sea; altitude
    2. elevation (of the sun, a star, etc.) above the horizon, measured in degrees
    1. a relatively great distance from bottom to top
    2. a relatively great distance above a given level
  4. a point or place considerably above most others; eminence; elevation; hill
  5. Obsolete high rank

Etymology: < earlier highth < ME heighthe < OE hiehthu (akin to Goth hauhitha) < heah: see high & -th

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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