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Definitions for Hight

[1] Archaic . called or named: Childe Harold was he hight.
[2] height.
[3] extent or distance upward: The balloon stopped rising at a height of 500 feet.
[4] distance upward from a given level to a fixed point: the height from the ground to the first floor; the height of an animal at the shoulder.
[5] the distance between the lowest and highest points of a person standing upright; stature: She is five feet in height.
[6] considerable or great altitude or elevation: the height of the mountains.
[7] Often heights . a high place above a level; a hill or mountain: They stood on the heights overlooking the valley. the highest part; top; apex; summit: In his dreams he reached the heights.
[8] the highest point; utmost degree: the height of power; the height of pleasure.
[9] Archaic . high rank in social status.
[10] (tr; used only as a past tense in the passive or as a past participle) archaic , poetic to name; call a maid hight Mary
[11] the vertical distance from the bottom or lowest part of something to the top or apex
[12] the vertical distance of an object or place above the ground or above sea level; altitude
[13] relatively great altitude or distance from the bottom to the top
[14] the topmost point; summit
[15] astronomy the angular distance of a celestial body above the horizon
[16] the period of greatest activity or intensity the height of the battle
[17] an extreme example of its kind the height of rudeness
[18] (often plural) an area of high ground
[19] (often plural) the state of being far above the ground I don't like heights
[20] (often plural) a position of influence, fame, or power the giddy heights they occupied in the 1980s

Words nearby Hight

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Origin of Hight

eightbefore 900; Middle English; Old English hīehtho. See high, -th1

Words that may be confused with Hight

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Word origin for Hight

eightOld English hīehthu; related to Old Norse hǣthe, Gothic hauhitha, Old High German hōhida; see high