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height
noun
1 height
The vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top.
synonym: tallness.
Roget 26:
degree,
grade,
extent,
measure,
amount,
ratio,
stint,
standard,
height,
pitch;
reach,
amplitude,
range,
scope,
caliber;
gradation,
shade;
tenor,
compass;
sphere,
station,
rank,
standing;
rate,
way,
sort.
point,
mark,
stage
etc.
(term)
71;
intensity,
strength
etc.
(greatness)
31.
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Dutch: hoogte
Polish: wysokość
2 height
The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development:
— At the height of her career.
synonyms: acme, elevation, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top.
Roget 206:
height,
altitude,
elevation;
eminence,
pitch;
loftiness
etc.
adj.;
sublimity.
tallness
etc.
adj.;
stature,
procerity†;
prominence
etc.
250.
colossus
etc.
(size)
192;
giant,
grenadier,
giraffe,
camelopard.
mount,
mountain;
hill alto,
butte [U.S.],
monticle†,
fell,
knap†;
cape;
headland,
foreland†;
promontory;
ridge,
hog's back,
dune;
rising ground,
vantage ground;
down;
moor,
moorland;
Alp;
uplands,
highlands;
heights
etc.
(summit)
210;
knob,
loma†,
pena [U.S.],
picacho†,
tump†;
knoll,
hummock,
hillock,
barrow,
mound,
mole;
steeps,
bluff,
cliff,
craig†,
tor†,
peak,
pike,
clough†;
escarpment,
edge,
ledge,
brae;
dizzy height.
tower,
pillar,
column,
obelisk,
monument,
steeple,
spire,
minaret,
campanile,
turret,
dome,
cupola;
skyscraper.
pole,
pikestaff,
maypole,
flagstaff;
top mast,
topgallant mast.
ceiling
etc.
(covering)
223.
high water;
high tide,
flood tide,
spring tide.
altimetry
etc.
(angel)
244†;
batophobia†.
satellite,
spy-in-the-sky.
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Roget 210:
summit,
summity†;
top,
peak,
vertex,
apex,
zenith,
pinnacle,
acme,
culmination,
meridian,
utmost height,
ne plus utra,
height,
pitch,
maximum,
climax,
culminating point,
crowning point,
turning point;
turn of the tide,
fountain head;
water shed,
water parting;
sky,
pole.
tip,
tip top;
crest,
crow's nest,
cap,
truck,
nib;
end
etc.
67;
crown,
brow;
head,
nob†,
noddle†,
pate;
capsheaf†.
high places,
heights.
topgallant mast,
sky scraper;
quarter deck,
hurricane deck.
architrave,
frieze,
cornice,
coping stone,
zoophorus†,
capital,
epistyle†,
sconce,
pediment,
entablature†;
tympanum;
ceiling
etc.
(covering)
223.
attic,
loft,
garret,
house top,
upper story.
[metaphorical use]
summit conference,
summit;
peak of achievement,
peak of performance;
peaks and troughs,
peaks and valleys
(in graphs).
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Roget 873:
distinction,
mark,
name,
figure;
repute,
reputation;
good repute,
high repute;
note,
notability,
notoriety,
eclat,
the bubble reputation"
[As You Like It],
vogue,
celebrity;
fame,
famousness;
renown;
popularity,
aura popularis [Lat.];
approbation
etc.
931;
credit,
succes d'estime [Fr.],
prestige,
talk of the town;
name to conjure with.
glory,
honor;
luster
etc.
(light)
420;
illustriousness
etc.
adj..
account,
regard,
respect;
reputableness
etc.
adj.†;
respectability
etc.
(probity)
939;
good name,
good report;
fair name.
dignity;
stateliness
etc.
adj.;
solemnity,
grandeur,
splendor,
nobility,
majesty,
sublimity.
rank,
standing,
brevet rank,
precedence,
pas,
station,
place,
status;
position,
position in society;
order,
degree,
baccalaureate,
locus standi [Lat.],
caste,
condition.
greatness
etc.
adj.;
eminence;
height
etc.
206;
importance
etc.
642;
preeminence,
supereminence;
high mightiness,
primacy;
top of the ladder,
top of the tree.
elevation;
ascent
etc.
305;
superaltation†,
exaltation;
dignification†,
aggrandizement.
dedication,
consecration,
enthronement,
canonization,
celebration,
enshrinement,
glorification.
hero,
man of mark,
great card,
celebrity,
worthy,
lion,
rara avis [Lat.],
notability,
somebody;
classman†;
man of rank
etc.
(nobleman)
875;
pillar of the state,
pillar of the church,
pillar of the community.
chief
etc.
(master)
745;
first fiddle
etc.
(proficient)
700;
cynosure,
mirror;
flower,
pink,
pearl;
paragon
etc.
(perfection)
650;
choice and master spirits of the age;
elite;
star,
sun,
constellation,
galaxy.
ornament,
honor,
feather in one's cap,
halo,
aureole,
nimbus;
halo of glory,
blaze of glory,
blushing honors;
laurels
etc.
(trophy)
733.
memory,
posthumous fame,
niche in the temple of fame;
immortality,
immortal name;
magni nominis umbra [Lat.]
[Lucan].
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Dutch: overtreffende trap, spits, hoogtepunt, toppunt, top
Polish: kulminacja
3 height
of a standing person The distance from head to foot.
synonym: stature.
Dutch: hoogte
Polish: wzrost
4 height
Elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface.
synonym: altitude.
Dutch: hoogte
Polish: górność, wysokość
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