height

B1 Topic:Mathematics & Measurement

Also spelled hight

US /haɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #4174

Meanings

1

noun
How tall a person or thing is.

He measured the height of the door before buying it.
2

noun
How far something is above the ground or sea level.

We flew at a height of 15,000 metres.
3

noun
The highest point or strongest moment of something.

At the height of her career, she was world famous.
4

noun
A high place or area of high ground.

From the heights above the town we could see the whole valley.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · how tall a person or thing is. staturetallness

2 noun · how far something is above... altitude

3 noun · the highest point or... elevation

Word family

Forms heights

Derived forms aheightcoheightheightenheightfieldheighthonheightismheightistheightlessheightmapheightwiseisoheightline-height

Related forms high

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Phrases (1)

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slant height
the height of a sloping face on a regular pyramid

Noun + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kewk- Proto-Indo-European *kówk-o-s Proto-Germanic *hauhaz Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu Old English hīehþu Middle English heighte English height 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). The regular pronunciation is now obsolete /heɪt/ (as with other words in -eight); the modern form developed early on, at first…

heighte Middle English hēahþu Old English *hauhiþu Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþō Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Mathematics & Measurement

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# height

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /haɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 4174

## Meanings
1. How tall a person or thing is.
2. How far something is above the ground or sea level.
3. The highest point or strongest moment of something.
4. A high place or area of high ground.

## Examples
- He measured the height of the door before buying it.
- We flew at a height of 15,000 metres.
- At the height of her career, she was world famous.
- From the heights above the town we could see the whole valley.

## Derived Forms
- aheight
- coheight
- heighten
- heightfield
- heighthon
- heightism
- heightist
- heightless
- heightmap
- heightwise
- isoheight
- line-height

## Related Forms
- high

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: heighte
- Root: hēahþu
- Root: *hauhiþu
- Root: *hauhiþō

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kewk- Proto-Indo-European *kówk-o-s Proto-Germanic *hauhaz Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu Old English hīehþu Middle English heighte English height 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). The regular pronunciation is now obsolete /heɪt/ (as with other words in -eight); the modern form developed early on, at first…

## AI Etymology
Height comes 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). The historical chain runs through Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, Proto-Indo-European *kówk-o-s, Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂, Proto-Germanic *-iþō, Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō, Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, Old English hīehþu, Middle English heighte, and English height. In current use, the main senses are “How tall a person or thing is” and “How far something is above the ground or sea level”.

## Topics
- Mathematics & Measurement

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