height

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The distance from the base to the top of something.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The distance from the base to the top of something.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The distance from the base to the top of something.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The distance from the base to the top of something.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A high point.
  7. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A high point.
  8. (countable, uncountable) A high point.
  9. (countable, uncountable) A high point.
  10. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Opposite of
depth
Synonyms

elevation
21k
altitude
C1
stature
C2
tallness
length
C1
loftiness
eminence
C1
size
B1
acme
36k
summit
C1
peak
C1
top
A2
🔝
high
A1
depth
C1
highness
B2
level
B1
zenith
28k
limit
B2
rise
B1
pinnacle
22k
extremity
43k
maximum
C1
superlative
tall
B1
tiptop
rank
C1
apex
24k
climax
C2
distance
B1
end
A1
🔚
hill
B1
knoll
28k
measure
B2
meridian
31k
pitch
B2

rising ground

sublimity
superiority
C2
upland
H
B1

high place

elevated place

h
B1
growth
C1
longitude
22k
longness
majesty
B1
grandeur
C2
vertical
C2
whiz
C2
Translations

hauteur
altura
Höhe
altezza
taille
altura
hoogte

ύψος

Größe
altura
altitude
haut
altitudo
Körpergröße
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/haɪt/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
heighte
Inherited from Old English
hēahþu
Cognate with Saterland Frisian
Höchte
Cognate with Western Frisian
hichte
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
hoogte
Cognate with Middle High German
hœhede
Cognate with Old Norse
-
Cognate with Old Norse
hæð
Cognate with Swedish
höjd
Cognate with Norwegian
høyde
Cognate with Gothic
𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰
In summary

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 + -t (abstract nominal suffix). Cognates See also Saterland Frisian Höchte, Hööchte (“height”), West Frisian hichte (“height”), Dutch hoogte (“height”), Middle High German hœhede, hœhte (“height”), Old Norse hæð (“height”) (compare Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa, “height”).

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