high
- noun
- /haɪ/
- Specialized
Examples
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Didn't get the new high speed gear we wanted good.
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The rest of the week looks sunny with highs in the high 60s.
Blog text (12) -
The present experimental course at Healdsburg High was conducted for eight weeks as a regular classroom course.
Academic text (1995) -
Sixteen freshmen classmates, seated in a semicircle on the gym floor of Westwood High, were staring at her with amusement.
Fiction book (2000) -
Switching to high gear allowed the car to reach its maximum speed on the highway.
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In a racing competition, shifting to high gear gave the driver an advantage over the others.
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To climb the steep hill, he shifted the bicycle into high gear for better speed and efficiency.
Synonyms
A forward setting in a vehicle that lets it go fastest with low engine speed
A time when someone works at their highest speed or energy
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 feel too proud of your own work or ideas and ignore other people's advice
- Informal
To stop acting like you are better than other people
- Informal
To act as if you are better than others and tell them they are wrong
- 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
- Specialized
A condition in which blood pushes too hard against vessel walls and increases health risks
- 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 very strong chemical that explodes quickly and makes a lot of gas and energy
- Informal
A gesture where two people each raise one hand and slap palms to celebrate
- Formal
A crime of betraying someone's country by trying to overthrow the government or help its enemies
An athletic event where athletes jump over a horizontal bar without knocking it down
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Surface Forms
Etymology
In a car, high refers to the highest gear and comes from the same idea of 'up' or 'top' (old English heah)—the gear that gives the greatest speed for the engine. So shifting into high lets the car go faster.