Height
/haɪt/
Definitions
2 meaningsThe measurement of something from base to top or from head to foot.
/haɪt/
The measurement from base to top.
The height of the mountain was breathtaking.
💡 Simply: Height is how tall something is! Imagine you're measuring your favorite tree. Height is how far it reaches up from the ground! Like, 'The tree's height is super tall!'
👶 For kids: How tall something is, like how tall you are!
More Examples
What is your height?
The tree reached a great height.
How It's Used
"The height of the building is 100 meters."
"She is of average height."
The highest or most intense degree of a quality or feeling; the point of greatest intensity or degree.
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The highest point.
At the height of the storm, the winds were incredibly strong.
💡 Simply: Imagine something that's at its absolute BEST, like winning a game, or the peak of something. Like, 'Reaching the height of her performance felt amazing!'
👶 For kids: The very best, like the top of a mountain!
More Examples
She reached the height of her popularity.
This is the height of luxury.
How It's Used
"She had reached the height of her career."
"The project was the height of inefficiency."
Idioms & expressions
in the height of something
At the most intense point or during the peak of an event or period.
"In the height of the summer, the temperatures soared."
of average height
Not particularly tall or short; of a typical or usual height.
"He is a man of average height."
From Middle English heghte, heighte, from Old English hīehþu (related to hēah, high).
The word 'height' has been used since the Middle English period, initially referring to the concept of being high or tall.
Memory tip
Think of how tall something is.
Word Origin
"highness, altitude"