high
- adjective
- /haɪ/
- As the concert approaches, the chances for a high-quality performance seem increasingly out of reach.
- high-level
- high quality
- high-stakes
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- What a complex, high stakes, high consequence job.
- In this latter resides the highest good of humankind.
- They're good for a more like high end, I guess, makeup wipe.
- Now, now you're one of the highest paid actors in the world.
- This is of a infinitely higher order, he says.
- Hero was the name of a high priestess of Aphrodite.
Examples
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I have faith in a higher power.
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Police Commissioner Carl Fairbanks, a personal friend of Andrews, says the investigation will receive the department's highest priority.
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So that I think put that one very high on the list.
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What a complex, high stakes, high consequence job.
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Investment in R&D and innovation will bring high skilled, well paid jobs.
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My first year of teaching was at an urban high school in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Readers will be begging for the next episode in this high-quality animated storybook series.
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She achieved a position of high authority in the organization after years of hard work.
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The conference featured speakers of the highest renown in the field, attracting many attendees.
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Their project received the highest accolades from industry experts for its innovation and quality.
Synonyms
Something important that involves senior people in an organization
Higher in rank or position than others
A person who has a high position in an organization
A person who has an important senior job in an organization
Very strong and effective for machines, people, or actions
Having more power than other people in an organization
Showing high moral ideas or aims that seem admirable and often not realistic
A person who is well known and respected in their field
A part of an organization that is at a higher position
High in moral, intellectual or artistic value
Having greater power or influence than others
In a position of power or importance in a group
Having more power or influence than others
Antonyms
Idioms
- Literature
To be at the top of a place or feel very excited, sometimes meaning from a power above
- NSFW
A state of great excitement and happiness, sometimes from drinking alcohol or taking drugs
- Informal
To act as if you are better than others and tell them they are wrong
- Informal
To stop acting like you are better than other people
- Informal
To feel too proud of your own work or ideas and ignore other people's advice
- Informal
To be in a risky situation that needs great care to avoid failure
- Informal
Act with dignity and good behavior when others act mean or unfair
Compounds
- UK
The top group of judges in a country or state that hears the most important cases and appeals
- Informal
A gesture two people make by slapping raised open hands together to celebrate
- Specialized
A condition in which blood pushes too hard against vessel walls and increases health risks
A school for teenagers who study grades nine to twelve after middle school
- Informal
A gesture where two people each raise one hand and slap palms to celebrate
- Specialized
A very strong chemical that explodes quickly and makes a lot of gas and energy
An athletic event where athletes jump over a horizontal bar without knocking it down
- Specialized
A television that shows much clearer and more detailed pictures than regular TV
- Formal
A crime of betraying someone's country by trying to overthrow the government or help its enemies
How Important
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Surface Forms
Etymology
High originally meant 'elevated' (from old English heah) and this image of being above others helps us remember why high can mean important or of great rank. So a high position is one that is above others in status or quality.