Translate height | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of height
noun
1the measurement from base to top or (of a standing person) from head to foot:columns rising to 65 feet in height both men were of average height elevation above ground or a recognized level (typically sea level):the glider is gaining height the quality of being tall or high:his height seems to work to his advantage
2a high place or area:he’s terrified of heights
3the most intense part or period of something:the height of the tourist season at the height of his career they took consumerism to new heights an extreme instance or example of something:it would be the height of bad manners not to attend the wedding
Remember that
height is spelled with the
e before the
i; the ending is
-ght.
