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
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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

Height Sentence Examples

  • The mountain ridges vary in height up to 4000 ft.

  • He's about the same height and weight but he's younger.

  • She was of above average height with long, dark blonde curls loosely captured at her neck.

  • One was of medium height and slender, an older man with sharp green eyes the color of forest moss who seemed out of place in the middle of the room.

  • The height of the walls in the various observatories, the height of the collectors, and the distance they project from the wall vary largely, and sometimes electrometer, and they sometimes leave hardly a trace on the photographic paper.

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Words Starting With

HHEHEI

Words Ending With

THTGHT

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height

Words Starting With H and Ending With T

Starts With H & Ends With TStarts With HE & Ends With TStarts With H & Ends With HT

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With H6 Letter Words Ending With T