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The meaning of HIGH is rising or extending upward a great distance : taller than average, usual, or expected. How to use high in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of High.
(especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top to bottom: a high building / mountain. high ceilings. It's two and a half metres high and one metre wide. The corn grew waist-high (= as high as a person's waist) in the fields.
What does the word highest mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the word highest . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
greater than normal in degree, intensity, or amount: high prices, a high temperature, a high wind (of sound) acute in pitch; having a high frequency (of latitudes) situated relatively far north or south from the equator
high is a general term, and denotes either extension upward or position at a considerable height: six feet high; a high shelf. lofty denotes imposing or even inspiring height: lofty crags. tall is applied either to something that is high in proportion to its breadth, or to anything higher than the average of its kind: a tall tree, building ...
You use high to describe things which measure a larger distance than usual from the bottom to the top. For example, you talk about a high hill or a high fence.
High definition: having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall. See examples of HIGH used in a sentence.
