high

Meaning

Adj

1. Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
2. Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
3. Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
4. Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
5. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
6. Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
7. Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
8. Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
9. Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
10. Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
11. Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.
12. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
13. Luxurious; rich.
14. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
15. Keen, enthused.
16. With tall waves.
17. Remote (to the north or south) from the equator; situated at (or constituting) a latitude which is expressed by a large number.
18. Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
19. Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
20. Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
21. Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
22. Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
23. Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
24. Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
25. (informal) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
26. Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
27. Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.

Adv

1. In or to an elevated position.
2. In or at a great value.
3. At a pitch of great frequency.

Noun

1. (countable) A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven) or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
2. (countable, uncountable) A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven) or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
3. (countable) A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
4. (countable) A drug that gives such a high.
5. (countable, informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
6. (countable) The highest card dealt or drawn.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of high school.

Verb

To rise.

Verb

Alternative form of hie (“to hasten”).

Synonyms

tall

lofty

elevated

great

up

🆙

long

above

noble

exalted

steep

towering

eminent

high-pitched

big

aloft

intoxicated

high up

superior

drunk

sublime

large

deep

on top

loud

anticyclone

precipitous

much

important

height

supreme

shrill

dignified

grand

expensive

💰

top

🔝

high-priced

highly

highschool

luxuriously

stately

richly

raised

strongly

mellow

exuberant

exhilarated

advanced

costly

majestic

upper

Translations

haut

alto

hoch

alto

alto

hoog

alt

yüksek

élevé

altus

elevato

ψηλός

elevado

grande

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhaɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: high

Inherited from Old English: hēah

Cognate with Scots: heich

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: hooch

Cognate with Western Frisian: heech

Cognate with Dutch: hoog

Cognate with Low German: hoog

Cognate with German: hoch

Cognate with Swedish: hög

Cognate with Norwegian: høy

Cognate with Icelandic: hár

Cognate with Lithuanian: kaukas

In summary

From Middle English high, heigh, heih, from Old English hēah (“high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime, illustrious, important, proud, haughty, deep, right”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to elevate, height”).
Cognate with Scots heich (“high”), North Frisian hoog, huuch (“high”), Saterland Frisian hooch, hoog (“high”), West Frisian heech (“high”), Cimbrian hoach, hòach (“high”), Dutch hoog, hooge (“high”), German hoch (“high”), German Low German hooch (“high”), Luxembourgish héich (“high”), Mòcheno heach (“high”), Vilamovian huch (“high”), Yiddish הויך (hoykh, “high”), Danish høj (“high”), Gutnish haugar (“high”), Faroese háur, høgur (“high”), Icelandic hár (“high”), Norwegian Bokmål høg, høy (“high”), Norwegian Nynorsk høg, håg, hå (“high”), Swedish hög (“high”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 (hauhs, “high”), Vandalic *oas (“high”), Old French haut (“high”), Lithuanian kaukas (“bump, boil, sore”).

Sentences

Choose between the high road and the low .

The weight of the package was seen on the high scale .

Due to this , the National Park is considered to be " high arctic ".

He fell asleep , and when he awoke the sun was already high .

Not until the moon was high did the alchemist ride into view .

Accepted students may enroll at the beginning of any year of high school .