tall
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1.0
- adjective
- /tɔl/
:
alto
- You must have seen her, she's tall, with short dark hair and a mole here.
- feet tall
- inches tall
- six feet tall
He was, he was tall, he was skinny.
- He was, he was tall, he was skinny.
- The kid that was fighting was taller, stronger, bigger.
- Remember, you must be this tall to ride the hooker.
- Volleyball players that are tall can spike more easily.
- I was skinny and tall at that time.
Examples
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He's over six feet tall, which helps him in basketball.
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Volleyball players that are tall can spike more easily.
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Bring me word how tall she is.
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Those are so tall and so neat looking.
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I was skinny and tall at that time.
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The present study interviewed tall women at one particular point in their human development.
Academic text (2013) -
They're over six feet tall and they speak English.
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We set off about eight in the morning, traveling first through the tall, open ponderosa pine forest.
Academic text (2011) -
You see that tree, the Judas tree, how tall and big that Judas tree is.
Academic text (2008) -
The tall, proud knight.
Synonyms
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5.6
Very tall, like a tree or mountain, standing high above other things
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3.5
A building with many floors that often has elevators
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4.5
A room or building with a ceiling that is higher than usual
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3.0
Fairly tall but not very tall
Very tall and impressive, rising high above other things
Very high and standing above nearby buildings or land
Very high, like mountain peaks or tall cliffs
Antonyms
Idioms
- Australian
To criticize someone who stands out to make them seem less successful
Compounds
- Literature
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4.0
A story that says things are bigger or more amazing than they really are to be funny
A small bush from Chile with bluish-white tube-shaped flowers grown in gardens
A tall wild plant with bright yellow spring flowers that can poison farm animals
A tall bush from eastern North America that makes sweet blue-black berries used to grow blueberries
A European wild flower that comes back every year with bright yellow spring flowers
A tall North American wild flower with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks
- Australian
A tall Australian plant with yellow flowers that comes back each year
A tall rough grass from Europe and Asia that looks like oats and grows by roads and fields
- Specialized
An oily product left from wood pulp during paper making used to make soap and oils for machines
How Tall
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word tall comes from an old idea of being 'high' or 'large', so you can picture something that reaches up above others, like a tall tree or a tall person.