"height" Definition

Definitions for the word "height" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
The condition of being high; elevated position.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Degree of latitude either north or south.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preeminence or distinction in society; prominence.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
1 measurement from base to top or head to foot. 2 elevation above the ground or a recognized level. 3 considerable elevation (situated at a height). 4 high place or area. 5 top. 6 a most intense part or period (battle was at its height). B extreme example (the height of fashion). [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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