high
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1.0
- adverb
- /haɪ/
:
alto
- How high are they off the floor?
- high in the air
- perched high
- raised high
I could jump incredibly high when I was that age.
- I could jump incredibly high when I was that age.
- It is like a OK throw it up higher and over your heart.
- Then we go as high as our knees can take it.
- We know the heights, we know how high our animated baby goat can jump.
- Because when you climb high, there's a long way to fall.
Examples
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By late afternoon, they had climbed high into the foothills, close against the base of the mountains.
Fiction book (1991) -
How high can you jump?
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Raise your hand, raise it high, my friends.
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So, so here we want to go as high as you can, right?
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How high does that go up?
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How high will she go?!
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I could jump incredibly high when I was that age.
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Warkworth Castle stands high on a river cliff in a meander of the River Coquet.
Academic text (1999) -
Rocky ridges surrounded the small camp, boulders jutting high into the cold night air.
Fiction book (1990) -
On a clear day, the view from the mountain top was stunning; we felt as if we were floating high above the clouds.
Synonyms
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1.0
Higher than most people or things of the same kind
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2.3
At a great height above the ground
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4.2
Located high above sea level
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5.0
High above the ground or in the air
11
4.5
To be blown very high into the sky by an explosion
8
5.6
Very tall, like a tree or mountain, standing high above other things
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3.9
Raised above the surrounding ground or area
Higher than the surrounding surface or area
Very tall and impressive, rising high above other things
Very tall, like a high building, or very large in amount
Antonyms
Idioms
- Literature
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7.4
To be at the top of a place or feel very excited, sometimes meaning from a power above
- NSFW
10
9.0
A state of great excitement and happiness, sometimes from drinking alcohol or taking drugs
- Informal
1
9.9
To feel too proud of your own work or ideas and ignore other people's advice
- Informal
1
8.5
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
52
2.8
A condition in which blood pushes too hard against vessel walls and increases health risks
- UK
46
4.5
The top group of judges in a country or state that hears the most important cases and appeals
- Informal
29
2.6
A gesture two people make by slapping raised open hands together to celebrate
- Specialized
13
5.8
A very strong chemical that explodes quickly and makes a lot of gas and energy
- Informal
11
2.0
A gesture where two people each raise one hand and slap palms to celebrate
- Formal
7
8.8
A crime of betraying someone's country by trying to overthrow the government or help its enemies
4
2.6
An athletic event where athletes jump over a horizontal bar without knocking it down
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Surface Forms
Etymology
High comes from old English heah meaning 'up', and as an adverb it simply says where something is in height. So a balloon that floats high goes far above the ground.