High

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English

Adjective

High (comparative higher, superlative highest)

  1. Being elevated in position or status, a state of being above many things.
  2. Tall, lofty, at a great distance above the ground (at high altitude).
  3. (slang) To be under the influence of a mood affecting drug; stoned.
  4. Of a quantity or value, great or large.
    My bank charges me a high interest rate.
  5. (acoustics) Of greater frequency, or with more rapid wave oscillations.
    The note was too high for her to sing.

Adverb

High (comparative Higher, superlative Highest)

  1. In or to an elevated position.
    How high above land did you fly?
  2. In or at a great value.
    Costs have grown higher this year again.
  3. In a pitch of great frequency.
    I certainly can't sing that high.

Notes

  • The adverb high and the adverb highly shouldn't be mistaken.
    He hung the picture high on the wall.
    As a politician, he isn't esteemed too highly.

Noun

High (plural Highs)
  1. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs
    That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown
  2. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
  3. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.

Adverbs for High

eminently; prominently; gigantically; monstrously; terrifyingly; incredibly; inordinately; supremely; toweringly; enormously; immensely; infinitely; astonishingly; essentially; extraordinarily; fabulously; preposterously; prodigiously; unsuitably; impossibly; confoundedly; frightfully; horribly; immeasurably; incalculably; delightfully; gloriously; marvellously; particularly; peculiarly; dangerously; perilously; hazardously; singularly; strikingly; woefully; cruelly; awfully; wonderfully; miraculously.

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Thesaurus

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Alternative forms

  • hi (informal)

Etymology

From Old English hēah from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz from Proto-Indo-European *keuk-, a suffixed form of *keu-. Cognates include Dutch hoog, German hoch; and also Lithuanian kaukas, Russian куча (kúcha).

Pronunciation

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Translations

Adjective

elevated
tall, lofty
slang: stoned
of great or large quantity
acoustics: of greater frequency
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Adverb

in or at an elevated position
in or at a great value
in or at an elevated position

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