High Ground Definition

noun
A position regarded as superior, esp. morally so.
Webster's New World
A position of superiority over others, especially competitors or opponents.
Used negotiations as a way to gain the psychological and intellectual high ground.
American Heritage

(countable or uncountable, plural high grounds) Used other than as an idiom: see high,"Ž ground.

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Noun

Singular:
high ground
Plural:
high grounds

High Ground Sentence Examples

  • Carmen led them toward the trail to the high ground.

  • The nucleus of the township lies on high ground to the east of the Edgware road, which crosses the Welsh Harp reservoir of Regent's Canal, a favourite fishing and skating resort.

  • Breaching the high ground of Salisbury Plain, it passes Amesbury, and following a very sinuous course reaches Salisbury.

  • The city is finely situated on high ground above the lake at the mouth of the Manitowoc river.

  • It is beautifully situated on high ground among the wooded undulations of the North Downs, above the valley of the river Darent.

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