height

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English

Alternative forms

• hight, highth, heighth (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (compare *hauhaz). Equivalent to high +‎ -th.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hīt, IPA^(key): /haɪt/
• (obsolete) enPR: hāt, IPA^(key): /heɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Homophone: hight
• Hyphenation: height

Noun

height (countable and uncountable, plural heights)

1. The distance from the base of something to the top of said thing.
2. The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.

3. (phonetics) A quality of vowels, indicating the vertical position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth; in practice, the first formant, associated with the height of the tongue.

   Coordinate terms: (horizontal dimension) backness, (lip articulation) roundedness, length, nasalization, reduction

4. The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
5. The highest point or maximum degree.

6. A high point.
   1. A mountain, especially a very high one.
7. (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
8. (mathematics) The amplitude of a sine function

Synonyms

• (highest point): See also Thesaurus:apex

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "distance from bottom to top"): depth

Derived terms

Related terms

• high

Translations

References

Further reading

• height on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Highet, eighth, highte