high

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Reaching a great distance up from the ground; tall.

   They climbed a high mountain.

2. 2
   adj

   Greater than usual in amount, level, or intensity.

   The patient had a high temperature.

3. 3
   adj

   Important or of a senior rank or position.

   He holds a high position in the government.

4. 4
   adv

   At or to a position far up above the ground.

   The plane flew high above the clouds.

5. 5
   adj

   (of a sound or voice) Near the top of the range of pitch; not deep.

   She sang the song in a high voice.

Common collocations

• high school Adjective + noun
• high wall Adjective + noun
• high jump Adjective + noun
• high mark Adjective + noun
• high speed Adjective + noun
• high court Adjective + noun
• high hopes Adjective + noun

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 bend; crooked”). Cognates Cognate with Scots heich (“high”), Yola heegh, heigh, heighe, hia, hie (“high”), North Frisian hoog, huuch (“high”), Saterland Frisian hooch, hoog (“high”), West Frisian heech (“high”), Alemannic German hooch (“high”), Central Franconian huh (“high”), Cimbrian hoach, hòach (“high”), Dutch h…

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