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highhigh1 /haɪ/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective (comparative higher, superlative highest) 
WORD ORIGINhigh1
Origin:
Old English heahEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- High levels of radiation have been reported near the nuclear plant.
- A couple of boys had climbed the high chain-link fence to get into the park.
- Analysts are concerned about the high level of consumer debt.
- Dogs respond to sounds that are too high for humans to hear.
- Donna had some trouble reaching the high notes.
- Gas prices are much higher here than in other parts of the country.
- God, I got so high last night.
- He mocked her by repeating what she said in a high, childish voice.
- How high is the Eiffel Tower?
- I always try to avoid foods with a high fat content.
- I recognized Juliet's high, excited voice on the phone immediately.
- I try to eat a low-fat, high-protein diet.
- I was amazed that he could sing such high notes.
- In summer, the temperatures can be as high as 40°C.
- Increased production costs will mean higher prices for consumers.
- It's hard to know which products have high lead levels.
- Mount St. Alban is Washington's highest point.
- Mt. McKinley is the highest mountain in North America.
- Newton died at age 47 while high on crack cocaine.
- Paul has extremely high blood pressure.
- Airlines experiment with the highest possible fares over the weekend.
- Gable regards this as an insult to the audience handed out by critics who consider themselves on a higher level.
- However, with experience of rather higher levels of use an asphalt surface has now been added to reduce annual maintenance costs.
- Its first proposed product, is a drug treatment to prevent viral pneumonia in high risk infants.
- The less well off do receive transfer payments and the rich face the highest rates of income tax.
- The price deflator measures the size of price increases, and detects whether higher costs drive consumers away from a product.
THESAURUSbuildings/mountains etc
measuring a long distance from the bottom to the top – used about mountains, walls, and buildings: · the highest mountain in the world· The castle was surrounded by high walls.· a high cliff· The council told the architects the tower was too high.
high – used about people, trees, plants, and buildings. Tall is used especially about things that are high and narrow: · tall marble columns· A cat was hiding in the tall grass.· a tall modern building
especially written very impressive because of being very big and tall – used about mountains, buildings, trees, and animals: · the majestic mountains of the Himalayas· The abbey is noted for its majestic arches, fine doorways and elegant windows.· The cathedral looked majestic in the evening light.
[only before noun] especially written used about a building or mountain that looks extremely tall and impressive: · a soaring skyscraper· the soaring towers of the palace
[only before noun] especially written extremely high, in a way that seems impressive but also often rather frightening: · The sky was shut out by the towering walls of the prison.· towering trees
[usually before noun] literary very high and impressive – used in literature: · the lofty peaks in the far distance
[usually before noun] a high-rise building is a tall modern building with a lot of floors containing apartments or offices: · a high-rise apartment block· He works in a high-rise office in New York.
sounds higher than most sounds or voices: · He has a rather high-pitched voice.· Bats make high-pitched squeaks.· the high-pitched whine of a dentist's drill
high and unpleasant: · Her voice became more shrill.· The bird has rather a shrill cry.
extremely high and loud, in a way that is unpleasant: · a piercing scream· Suddenly I heard a piercing whistle.
making very high noises that are not loud: · a squeaky gate· squeaky floorboards· a squeaky little voice
Longman Language Activatora long way above the ground · The shelf's too high for me to reach.· Cowles Mountain is the highest peak in the city of San Diego.· The plane flew higher to avoid the storm.high up · We stayed in a cabin high up in the mountains.· You're awfully high up there - be careful.high in/into/above · He let go and watched the balloon float high above the trees.· Lava from the volcano was sent high into the air.
: upper room/floor/deck etc the highest room etc when there are two or more: · People had climbed into the upper branches of the tree to escape the rising waters.· Gunmen were firing machine guns from the upper floor of the hospital.
a long way or to a long way above the ground without being on any surface: · The force of the explosion blew the boxes straight up into the air.· Once the plane is up in the air, I'll let you try using the controls.high up in the air: · The ride shot high up in the air and then plunged back down toward the earth.
a high building/mountain/tree etc measuring a long distance from top to bottom - use this about mountains, walls, or buildings: · The castle was surrounded by high walls.· Mt. McKinley is the highest mountain in North America.· A couple of boys had climbed the high chain-link fence to get into the park.
high and narrow or long - use this about trees and plants or about buildings and parts of buildings: · Two tall marble columns stood at either side of the entrance.· The twin towers of the World Trade Center were the highest buildings in New York.· The cat was hiding in the tall grass in the backyard.
very high especially in a way that seems frightening or impressive: · The building seems out of place among the towering redwood trees.· The towering Cliffs of Dover loomed in front of them.
a very tall modern city building, especially one used for offices: · His office looked out on the other skyscrapers of downtown Dallas.
a high-rise building is a tall modern building, used either for apartments or for offices: · High-rise apartment buildings now stood where his childhood home had been.
how high something is use this to ask about or say what the height of something is: · "How high is Mount Fuji?" "It's almost 4000 metres."· I'm not sure how high the ceiling is.
if something is 30 metres, 100 feet etc high , the distance from its base to its top is 30 metres, 100 feet etc: · The highest mountain in Scotland is over 4000 feet high.· The stone fireplace was at least ten feet wide and 12 feet high.· He's built a 3-metre high fence between the two gardens.shoulder-/waist-/knee- etc high (=as high as your shoulder, waist, knee etc): · The corn was already knee-high and growing fast.
the distance between the top and the bottom of something, or the distance that something is above the ground: · My brother and I are nearly the same height.height of: · What's the height of the average banana tree?200 feet/30 metres etc in height: · Some of the pyramids are over 200 feet in height.a height of 25 metres/100 feet etc: · One of the climbers fell from a height of 25 metres.
formal the distance that something is above the ground - use this especially to talk about planes or about places in the mountains or high areas: altitude of: · The altitude of Addis Ababa is eight thousand feet.an altitude of 10,000 metres/30,000 feet etc: · The plane is now flying at an altitude of 30,000 feet.high/low altitude: · It's very difficult to breathe at high altitudes.
how high something is - use this especially about the height of something in relation to something else: · The apartment is split into two different levels with a bedroom on each.level of: · Hang the picture just below the level of the window.eye level: · Posters line the walls at eye level.sea level (=the height of the surface of the sea, used for measuring the height of mountains, hills etc): · The village is about 1500 metres above sea level.
to be much higher than other things · The great cathedral towers over the rest of the main square.· Life-size dinosaur models tower above visitors to the Prehistoric Park.
if something dwarfs other things, it is so big that it makes the other things around it seem very small: · The ship came slowly into the harbour, dwarfing all the surrounding boats.· The smaller, older houses are dwarfed by the new apartment blocks and hotels.
if a particular building, structure, or tree dominates an area or place, it is much higher and much easier to see than everything else, so that it seems to be the most important thing: · The fortress on top of the hill still dominates Barcelona harbour.· A giant Ferris wheel dominates the skyline.
a surface that is higher than the area around it · There was a raised platform and a blackboard at the far end of the room.· His name had been put on a bronze plaque in raised letters.
a surface that is elevated has been deliberately put in a place that is higher than everything else, for example in order to protect it or to make it easier to see: · The train runs on an elevated track above the city street.· The judge's bench is well elevated and covered by a walnut canopy.
fear of being in high places · He refused to climb the ladder because of his fear of heights.· She overcame her fear of heights and did a parachute jump for charity.
to feel frightened when you are in high places: · Hiking this trail is not recommended for people who are afraid of heights.· She's so scared of heights we couldn't get her to go parasailing.
formal a feeling that things are moving and that you are going to fall, that you get especially when you are on or in a high place: · Just the thought of standing on the balcony gave her vertigo.
a high sound or voice near the top range of sounds that humans can hear - use this about sounds, voices, or musical notes: · Dogs respond to sounds that are too high for humans to hear.· I was amazed that he could sing such high notes.· He mocked her by repeating what she said in a high, childish voice.
a high-pitched sound or voice is very high, and often unpleasant or annoying to listen to: · Above the music on the radio was an annoying, high-pitched whistle.· I could hear high-pitched laughter coming from the girls' bedroom.
a piercing sound or voice is very high and loud, often with the result that it is unpleasant or painful to listen to: · Sammy put his finger and thumb in his mouth and gave a piercing whistle.· Maggie let out a piercing scream as she saw the truck speeding toward her.
very high, loud, and unexpectedly sharp, often giving the person who hears it a sudden shock: · I was suddenly woken up by the shrill ringing of the telephone.· As Sophie became angry her voice got shriller.
a squeaky sound or voice makes short high sounds, especially because there is something wrong with it: · This door needs oiling - it's very squeaky.· If you have a squeaky little voice, people tend not to listen to your ideas.
music that is tinny is high and unpleasant, especially because it comes from a low quality radio or musical instrument: · The music sounded tinny through the old speakers.· As he neared the park he could hear the tinny music from Joey's radio.
a high temperature/level/cost · In summer, the temperatures can be as high as 40°C.· The city has one of the highest crime rates in the world.· Analysts are concerned about the high level of consumer debt.· Gas prices are much higher here than in other parts of the country.
getting higher than before: · Many families are struggling to keep up with the rising costs of education.rapidly rising: · Despite rapidly rising incomes, few in the country are able to afford cable TV.
getting very high, especially suddenly and quickly: · Congress seems unable or unwilling to control soaring medical costs.· A soaring 77% of college-educated women between 30 and 44 hope to have both children and a career.
to admire someone to have a very good opinion of someone, either because they have achieved something special or because they have skills or qualities that you would like to have: · Corbin is a superb musician. I really admire him.· I admire the way Sarah has brought up the children on her own.· What I admire most about Lee is his patience.admire somebody for something: · People admired her for her beauty and intelligence.· Rollins is most admired for her poetry, but she also writes fiction.be greatly/much admired: · Morrow's new production of 'The Nutcracker' has been greatly admired.
to have a good opinion of someone, even if you do not agree with them or want to be like them, because they have high standards and good personal qualities: · He's a very strict teacher, but the students respect him.· Logan, a long-serving Congressman, was both feared and respected by his political opponents.respect somebody for something: · She always told me exactly what she thought, and I respected her for that.
to respect and admire someone who is older than you or who has authority over you: · I've always looked up to my older brother, Jerry.· The children need someone they can look up to.
if someone is highly regarded or respected, they are admired very much because they are very good at what they do: · a highly respected surgeonhighly regarded/respected by: · Dr. Franklin was highly regarded by his colleagues at Syracuse University.
to admire someone very much, especially because they do their job very well and always work hard: · Most of the students and staff think very highly of Dr. Smith.be highly thought of: · Sally is an excellent administrator. She is highly thought of here.
also hold somebody in high regard/esteem formal to admire a person or their abilities very much, especially because they have special skills or very high standards in their work: · Film critics continue to hold Bergman in high esteem.have a high opinion of somebody as something: · Croft had a high opinion of Marx as a political thinker.
to admire someone and the work that they do, especially a leader, writer, artist etc: · I've always been an admirer of Potter's work, and was very sad to hear of her death.be a great/real admirer of somebody: · My tutor was a great admirer of Shakespeare, and often quoted him.
large numbers/amounts · She's used to working with large sums of money.· Large numbers of seabirds have been killed by pollution following the oil spillage.· A large proportion of the audience consisted of teenaged girls.
use this about rates, levels, measurements etc that are bigger than is usual or than is acceptable: · Someone on such a high salary shouldn't have to borrow money.· High levels of radiation have been reported near the nuclear plant.· I always try to avoid foods with a high fat content.
fairly large: · £1000 is a considerable sum for most people.· She receives a sizable income from her investments.· A considerable number of voters changed their minds at the last minute.· Sugar is added in considerable quantities to most soft drinks.
large enough to be useful or to have an important effect: · The survey showed that substantial numbers of 15-year-olds were already smoking twenty cigarettes a week.in substantial/significant numbers: · Women began to enter the British Parliament in significant numbers in the 1990s.a substantial/significant proportion of: · A significant proportion of drivers fail to keep to speed limits.
use this about an amount, especially of food or money, that is larger than what is needed or expected: · He heaped the plate with a generous serving of meat and potato pie.· I usually stir a generous quantity of rum into the cake mixture.· The company offers bonuses, stock options, and a generous benefit package.
use this about an amount of money someone gets or is paid that is surprisingly large: · Ozzie left a very handsome tip on the plate.· She received a handsome reward for finding the wallet.· The big oil companies made a handsome profit out of the fuel crisis.
use this about a surprisingly large amount of money, especially one that someone has to pay: · The other driver received a hefty fine for his role in the accident.· hefty admission fees· It was a $350,000 contract, plus hefty bonuses and expenses.
when someone's mind has been affected by illegal drugs feeling very excited, happy, and full of energy because of the effects of a drug: · God, I got so high last night.high on drugs/ecstasy/LSD etc: · Newton died at age 47 while high on crack cocaine.as high as a kite (=very high): · She was as high as a kite.
informal feeling very relaxed or happy and not able to behave normally because of the effect of a drug: · The guy playing lead guitar was completely stoned.get stoned: · "What did you guys end up doing last night?" "Not much. We got stoned and watched TV - that's about it."
informal feeling very excited and nervous as a result of taking a drug: · I was still way too wired to go to bed.
informal to not know what you are doing or what is happening around you, because you have taken an illegal drug: · Can Sally go back in your room and lie down? She's really out of it.· They had taken some mushrooms and were completely out of their heads by the time they got to the party.
the most exciting part of something the most exciting or important part of a story or event, usually near the end: climax of: · A parade through the streets marks the climax of the festival.reach a climax: · The opera reaches its climax with Violetta's death in the third act.
the most exciting, enjoyable, or important moment of an event or activity, especially one that continues for a long time: high point/spot of: · For Amelia, a high point of the trip was riding with her father on a Ferris wheel.· The 1972 election was the high spot of her political career.
the part of an event or activity such as a holiday or a game that is the most exciting or enjoyable, and that you remember most clearly: highlight of: · Highlights of the ball game will be shown later.· A highlight of most Alaska cruises is a day spent among the glaciers.
the feeling of being excited · If you're looking for excitement, you won't find it here.excitement of · He missed the excitement of working with so many intelligent people.in/with excitement (=in an excited way) · In the stands, the crowd was shouting with excitement.great/tremendous excitement · There's an atmosphere of tremendous excitement here in the stadium.
a sudden very strong feeling of excitement, mixed with pleasure and sometimes fear: thrill of: · Most of the researchers are motivated by the simple thrill of discovery.get a thrill out of something: · Even though I've been acting for 40 years, I still get a thrill out of going on stage on opening night.give somebody a thrill: · Using a gun always gave me a strange thrill.
a feeling of happy excitement, for example that you get from an exciting physical activity or from something you have achieved: · She was filled with exhilaration when she first saw her newborn baby.exhilaration of: · Nothing can compare with the exhilaration of riding a motorcycle as fast as you can.
excited and cheerful feelings or behaviour, especially of a group of young people: · They didn't mean to cause any damage - it was just high spirits.in high spirits: · It was the last day of term and everyone was in high spirits.
extreme excitement that makes people cry, laugh, shout etc uncontrollably: · The hysteria of the screaming girls was somewhat frightening.mass hysteria (=hysteria in a crowd of people): · The pushing and grabbing at yesterday's sales bordered on mass hysteria.
when a lot of people are very excited about a particular thing: World Cup/Harry Potter/election etc fever: · For a few months after its introduction, lottery fever swept the nation.· Football fever has always been widespread in Thailand, but this year perhaps more than ever before.
expensive something that is expensive costs a lot of money, more than other things of the same type: · She spends most of her money on expensive clothes.· Do you have any less expensive cameras?· Taxis are so expensive - that's why I usually take the bus.expensive to make/run/buy etc: · Movies are incredibly expensive to make these days.
especially spoken if something, especially something you do, costs a lot it is expensive: · I managed to find the bike I wanted but it cost a lot.· It costs a lot of money to go to medical school, you know.cost a lot (of money) to do something: · Did it cost a lot to fly to Rio?
if the price or cost of something is high , it costs a lot: · Rents in central London are very high.· The cost of living is higher in Denmark than in Germany.· Increased production costs will mean higher prices for consumers.
a plan, activity etc that is costly is too expensive and wastes money - used especially about plans carried out by governments or companies: · The finance committee rejected their plan because they said it was too costly.· Caring for the park's swans is a costly business - roughly $26,600 per year.costly mistake: · Buying all those computers was a costly mistake.
spoken informal if you say it's going to cost you or it'll cost you when someone wants to buy something, you mean it will be expensive for them: · You can get new parts specially made for these, but it'll cost you.· There are some places that can mend the suit in a couple of hours, but it's going to cost you.
informal to be expensive - use this especially when you think that even though something is expensive, it is still worth buying: · Gibson guitars sound great, but they don't come cheap.· It would be great if we could hire her, but with all her experience, she won't come cheap.
informal very expensive or too expensive - use this especially when you are deciding whether or not to buy something: · Let's not eat here - it's too pricey.· The tickets were kind of pricey, but the show was good.
British expensive - use this especially about things you buy in shops: · Those strawberries look a bit dear.· The blue jacket is slightly dearer, but it's much better material.· No, you can't have an ice-cream - they're too dear.
containing a lot of something if something is full of people or things, there are a lot of them in it: · In summer the town is full of tourists.· Her essay was full of mistakes.be chock full of something (=be completely full of something): · The pamphlet is chock full of advice for people travelling abroad.
something that is high in fat, sugar, salt etc contains a lot of fat, sugar etc: high in: · The cereal is high in fiber and contains plenty of vitamin B.high-fat/-sugar/-cholesterol etc: · I try to eat a low-fat, high-protein diet.high metal/calcium/oxygen etc content: · The high oxygen content of Earth's atmosphere makes life here possible.
something that is rich in a useful or valuable substance such as oil or iron, contains a lot of oil, iron etc: rich in: · Spinach is rich in iron and very good for you.· The land in this area is rich in minerals and ideal for growing crops.oil-rich/copper-rich/diamond-rich etc: · Numerous companies sprang up employing thousands to work the oil-rich fields of Texas.
to be in a high position in an organization, company, or list to be in a high position in an organization, company or list: · He works for NASA, fairly high up.be high up in: · Her father's quite high up in the company.· The reporter's sources were apparently high up in the government.
to have a high position in a list or table of the most successful or best teams, records etc: be high in/on on: · Pele is high on the list of the world's best footballers.be high in: · U2's new record is high in the charts.
to have the highest position in an organization, company, or list: · Women at the top often have to work harder than men.be at the top of: · The prizes will be awarded to 600 students who graduate at the top of their class.· The issue is at the top of the agenda.
a successful person use this about a successful person or a job in which someone is successful: successful businessman/star/lawyer etc: · Three years ago she married a successful businessman, and now she never sees her old friends.· a rich, successful entrepreneur· Eddie Murphy is one of Hollywood's most successful stars.· After a long run in the band Genesis, he had a successful solo career.
someone who is extremely successful in their job, especially because they have an unusually high level of ability: · High flyers can expect promotion to Branch Manager by the time they're 30.· Jupe is an academic high-flyer and a gifted administrator.· The potential high flyers of the diplomatic service usually join as administrative trainees.
someone who is determined, who works hard, and who is very successful at whatever they do: · Christopher came from a comfortable family of upper-middle-class achievers. · I guess it was clear to everyone that I was bright and an achiever.high achiever: · The study shows that only-children tend to be high achievers in school.
if someone's life or job is a success story , they have been very successful, especially when they start from a low position or from a situation that does not give them many advantages: · His life has been the classic American success story, from rags to riches.· Richard is one of our success stories -- by accepting voluntary work, he was spared a prison sentence.· Hill represents a police success story, having risen up through the ranks to become chief inspector.
a high voice · I recognized Juliet's high, excited voice on the phone immediately.
high and often unpleasant or annoying to listen to: · Her voice was clear but rather high-pitched.· The commentary was punctuated by high-pitched giggles.
very high and loud, and unpleasant or painful to listen to: · Her voice was nasal and piercing.· He raised his hands and let out a piercing shriek.· There came a piercing cry from the back of the cinema.
very high and loud and unpleasant to listen to: · As Sophie became angry her voice got shriller.· Sylvie burst out in a shrill laugh before leaving the room.
a squeaky voice keeps changing between being too high and being normal, especially because there is something wrong with your throat: · He's had a throat infection for over a week and his voice has gone squeaky.· a band with a squeaky vocal style
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waves up to 40 metres high a ten-foot high statue How high is the Eiffel Tower? High up among the clouds, we saw the summit of Everest. High levels of car use mean our streets are more congested than ever. high crime rates high interest rates If you want better public services, you’ll have to pay higher taxes – it’s as simple as that. The train was approaching at high speed. a range of high-quality goods at low prices Choose foods that are high in fiber and low in calories. Red meat tends to have a high fat content. a high rank in the US Navy We can offer all the benefits of the latest high technology. the world of high finance I’ve always had a high opinion of her work. Like many young actors, I had high hopes when I first started out. Neither side in this conflict can claim the moral high ground. It was a bright sunny day and we set off in high spirits. Steve was as high as a kite (=strongly affected by drugs or alcohol). Troops were put on high alert. a man of high moral principlesCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a top-ranking tennis player an abnormally high pulse rate The great bird hovered high above our heads. Prices seem absurdly low to Western tourists. She received a Grammy Award, the highest accolade in the music business. The price of wheat had reached an all-time low. a crucifix above the high altar (=the main altar in a church) At high altitudes it is difficult to get enough oxygen. The antiques will be sold to the highest bidder (=the person who offers to pay the most). The school attracts a high calibre of student. The paintings were of the highest caliber. She had high cheekbones and green eyes. Which graduates command the highest salaries? He’s suffering from dangerously high blood pressure. Private childcare is still too expensive for the average earner. the upper echelons of government Their clients are drawn from the highest echelons of society. The temperature is expected to remain in the low eighties. The critics held him in high esteem as an actor. This cheese is relatively low in fat. a low-fat diet The usual symptoms are a pink rash with a slight fever. sunny, with temperatures in the mid fifties Reform now figures high on the agenda. the world of high finance (=financial activities involving very large amounts of money) The temperature was up in the high forties. the higher frequency of diabetes in older people Dolphins produce a high frequency sound. The silverware had been polished to a high gloss. a high-school graduate her low-heeled blue shoes a high-level conference on arms control cancer screening for women over 55 and other high-risk groups high-speed Internet access Earnings hit a peak in the early 1980s. Smokers had the highest incidence of colds. a high intake of carbohydrates John showed high intelligence from an early age. There was very little likelihood of her getting the job. When viewed at high magnification, it is clear that the crystals are quite different. greater levels of magnification Fish normally have a high metabolic rate. Exercise can increase your metabolic rate. Temperatures were still in the high nineties. The journey took longer than normal. The room was piled high with boxes (=filled with a lot of boxes). You have to pitch your writing at the right level. Her voice is pitched a little too high. The pollen count was high yesterday. a high-powered engine high productivity levels in manufacturing The star has a high profile in Britain. New technology has pushed the cost of health care even higher. He ranked high among the pioneers of 20th century chemical technology. a man of high repute He was Palace’s top scorer. sunny, with temperatures in the mid seventies a fine spring day, with the temperatures in the low sixties January’s sales were slightly better than average. The price is somewhat higher than I expected. Climbing is a dangerous sport and the stakes are high. We’re playing for high stakes here. The trophy stands five feet high. a nation with a high standard of living a lawyer of high standing The toilets stank to high heaven (=stank very much). They may be taxed at a higher rate. a hot day, with temperatures in the low thirties a large store with a high throughput of goods The defendant was convicted of high treason (=treason of the worst kind) and sentenced to death. the low turn-out of 54 percent in the March elections Low pay accounts for the high turnover. a warm day, with temperatures in the low twenties Interest rates are twice as high as those of our competitors. It is taking longer than usual for orders to reach our customers. a high velocity bullet high visibility clothing Sanders gave a low whistle when he saw the contents of the box. He got a call from the factory, telling of yet more problems. Inflation had risen to a yet higher level. high-yielding cropsCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
waves up to 40 metres high a ten-foot high statue How high is the Eiffel Tower? (=as high as your chest etc) The grass was knee-high.
The grass was knee-high. High up among the clouds, we saw the summit of Everest. High levels of car use mean our streets are more congested than ever. high crime rates high interest rates If you want better public services, you’ll have to pay higher taxes – it’s as simple as that. The train was approaching at high speed. (=a very large part of a number) A high proportion of women with children under five work full-time.
A high proportion of women with children under five work full-time. a range of high-quality goods at low prices (=very good levels of work, achievement, behaviour etc) The general standard of the entries was very high. Our guests expect us to maintain high standards.
The general standard of the entries was very high. Our guests expect us to maintain high standards. Choose foods that are high in fiber and low in calories. Red meat tends to have a high fat content. a high rank in the US Navy (=in a powerful position) someone high up in the CIA
someone high up in the CIA (=an important position) Both of them held high office in the Anglican Church.
Both of them held high office in the Anglican Church. (=rich people of the highest social class)
We can offer all the benefits of the latest high technology. the world of high finance (=animals etc that are more intelligent or advanced than others)
I’ve always had a high opinion of her work. (=respect them very much) As an educationalist, he was held in very high esteem. Romsey earned high praise from his boss.
As an educationalist, he was held in very high esteem. Romsey earned high praise from his boss. Like many young actors, I had high hopes when I first started out. Neither side in this conflict can claim the moral high ground. It was a bright sunny day and we set off in high spirits. (=take a drug to make yourself high)
Steve was as high as a kite (=strongly affected by drugs or alcohol). (=12 o'clock in the middle of the day)
Troops were put on high alert. a man of high moral principles a top-ranking tennis player· a group of low ability pupils· Many of these students are of above average ability.· Children of high ability demand more absorbing tasks.
an abnormally high pulse rate The great bird hovered high above our heads. Prices seem absurdly low to Western tourists. She received a Grammy Award, the highest accolade in the music business.· New measures to combat terrorism are high on the agenda.
The price of wheat had reached an all-time low. a crucifix above the high altar (=the main altar in a church) At high altitudes it is difficult to get enough oxygen.· The patient's panic attacks are caused by acute anxiety.
· The Victoria Cross is Britain’s highest military award.
(=one of the ordinary banks that most people use)· There's a lot of competition between the major high street banks.
· There were several high bids for the painting.
The antiques will be sold to the highest bidder (=the person who offers to pay the most). (=very high)· The area is full of monstrous concrete high-rise blocks.
· She looked fabulous in a mini-skirt and knee-high boots.
(=very tall with many floors)· a New York high-rise building
The school attracts a high calibre of student. The paintings were of the highest caliber.· High-calorie foods are usually fatty.
(=contain a lot of/few calories)· Sweets and chocolates are very high in calories.
(=able to hold a lot of things or people)· There was demand for a high capacity public transport system.
(=one that gets a lot of attention)· a defense lawyer who has handled some high-profile cases
(=you have to pay a lot/a little)· His charges are too high.
She had high cheekbones and green eyes. (=more advanced ones)· There could be higher civilizations on other planets.
· The cliffs here are the highest in Britain.
(=be situated on a cliff)· An 11th century castle is perched high on the cliff.
· The weather was overcast, with heavy low clouds.
(=intelligent and with very funny conversations and situations)· The director wanted actors who could play high comedy.
Which graduates command the highest salaries? (=the best thing you can say)· The highest compliment you can pay an actor is to say they don’t look as if they are acting.
· People should stop using expensive cars with a high petrol consumption.
· They found evidence of a high correlation between drinking and violence.
(=among people at a high level in society or government)· He has promised to end high-level corruption.
· the high cost of fuel
· the risk of injury from a high-speed crash
(=for particular ages at school)
He’s suffering from dangerously high blood pressure. (=one that you take after a first degree)· He was offered a grant for a postgraduate degree.
(=a lot of people want something)· Demand for housing is higher than ever.
· A high-fibre diet is good for your health.
(=which contains a lot of something)· In the West many people eat a diet high in fat and salt.
· High doses of the drug can have bad side effects.
(=be experiencing the effects of a drug)· He committed the crime while he was high on drugs.
Private childcare is still too expensive for the average earner.· Professional people pay more tax, because of their higher earnings.
the upper echelons of government Their clients are drawn from the highest echelons of society. (=at a college or university)· I did a carpentry course at the further education college.
(=used about machines)· The diesel engine offers high efficiency and low fuel consumption.
The temperature is expected to remain in the low eighties. The critics held him in high esteem as an actor.· Greg got good grades in all of his high school exams.
· The school usually achieves good results in GCSE examinations.
(=expecting that someone or something will be successful)· Like most parents, we have high expectations for our children.
This cheese is relatively low in fat. a low-fat diet· The school fees are extremely high.
(=people have strong feelings, especially of anger)· It was the last game of the season, and feelings were running high.
The usual symptoms are a pink rash with a slight fever. sunny, with temperatures in the mid fifties· The figures are worryingly high.
Reform now figures high on the agenda. the world of high finance (=financial activities involving very large amounts of money) (=flats in a very tall building)· Many high-rise flats were built in the 1970s.
The temperature was up in the high forties. the higher frequency of diabetes in older people Dolphins produce a high frequency sound. (=third, fourth, or fifth gear)· Put the car into a higher gear.
· The young man gave a high-pitched giggle.
The silverware had been polished to a high gloss.· She got high grades in all her science subjects.
a high-school graduate her low-heeled blue shoes a high-level conference on arms control cancer screening for women over 55 and other high-risk groups high-speed Internet access Earnings hit a peak in the early 1980s. (also a lofty ideal formal)· Most politicians start out with high ideals.
Smokers had the highest incidence of colds.· He has a relatively high income.
· Inflation remained high throughout this period.
a high intake of carbohydrates John showed high intelligence from an early age.· Some inmates at the high-security jail had been wrongfully imprisoned.
(=a judge in a particular court)
(=when someone raises their foot high into the air)· The dance routine was full of high kicks.
· The level of salt in his diet was too high.
There was very little likelihood of her getting the job. (=good times and bad times) the highs and lows of an actor’s life
the highs and lows of an actor’s life When viewed at high magnification, it is clear that the crystals are quite different. greater levels of magnification Fish normally have a high metabolic rate. Exercise can increase your metabolic rate.· Morale among the staff was high.
· They both need to work full-time because their mortgage is so big.
· These mountains are much higher than any in Europe.
(=get a better job or social position – used humorously) Jeremy’s leaving the company to move on to higher things.
Jeremy’s leaving the company to move on to higher things. Temperatures were still in the high nineties. The journey took longer than normal.· There seems to be no reason for the high number of suicides.
(=people are very excited, angry, or upset)· The judge's decision is expected today and passions are running high.
· Workers demanded higher pay.
· Mount McKinley is Alaska’s highest peak.
· A high percentage of our students pass the exam.
The room was piled high with boxes (=filled with a lot of boxes). You have to pitch your writing at the right level. Her voice is pitched a little too high. (=be or happen at a particular time in the development of something)· The day of the accident marked a turning point in Kenny’s life.
· Winning the World Championship was the high point of my career.
The pollen count was high yesterday. a high-powered engine (=a lot of praise)· The film won high praise from critics and audiences alike.
· House prices in the UK are very high.
British English, bring a good, high etc price American English (=be sold for a particular amount of money)· I’m sure the painting would fetch a good price in London.
· Smokers often pay a high price in terms of their health.
(=strong beliefs about right and wrong)· Dunn's high principles and pleasant manner won him the real affection of his colleagues.
(=very important)· Right now, the environment is a high priority.
· This method of treatment has a high probability of success.
high productivity levels in manufacturing The star has a high profile in Britain. New technology has pushed the cost of health care even higher.· I was impressed that the quality of their work was so high.
· Her father had been an army officer of fairly high rank.
He ranked high among the pioneers of 20th century chemical technology.· Rates of adult illiteracy are still too high.
· You ought to switch to an account that pays a higher rate of interest.
· His previous highest approval rating was 58 percent.
· Last summer was one of the hottest on record.
· The stock market reached a record high on August 21.
· The players have a very high regard for their manager.
· Doctors are held in high regard by society.
· I had the highest regard for him.
· Rents in the city centre are very high.
a man of high repute· The rewards for those who invested at the right time are high.· Some athletes took drugs because the rewards were great and they thought they could get away with it.
· Professional sport involves a relatively high risk of injury.
(=containing more water than usual)· After the rains, the river was swollen.· The river was high and running quite swiftly.
· She moved to a job with a higher salary.
British English (=in shops in towns and cities)· Last month saw record high-street sales.
· Peasants managed their land as skilfully as some people higher up the social scale.
American English (=a school for students aged 14 to 18)
He was Palace’s top scorer. (=with a very high sound)· The sound of gunfire mingled with the shrill screams of the injured.
(=search everywhere)· We searched high and low for him, but couldn’t find him.
sunny, with temperatures in the mid seventies· You can’t walk round town all day in high-heeled shoes!
a fine spring day, with the temperatures in the low sixties January’s sales were slightly better than average. The price is somewhat higher than I expected.· The train was travelling at high speed.
(=used when saying that someone is happy and excited)· The players were all in high spirits.
Climbing is a dangerous sport and the stakes are high. We’re playing for high stakes here. The trophy stands five feet high.· The standard of their work was generally very high.
a nation with a high standard of living a lawyer of high standing· They were men of high status and great influence.
· Landowners had superior status.
(also enjoy high/low status)· Here, old people are respected and have high social status.
The toilets stank to high heaven (=stank very much).· The expansion plan is a high-risk strategy.
British English (=the main street with shops)· I bought this coat at a shop on the high street.
American English· Her son is a high school student.
(=the middle of summer)· In high summer, food was plentiful.
· They walked until the sun was low in the sky.
(=involving important people)· The announcement came after a morning of high-level talks.
· The targets they have set themselves are hugely ambitious.
· Higher taxes will slow down consumer spending.
They may be taxed at a higher rate.· high definition television channels
· At high temperatures water is not able to hold as much oxygen.
· There was a moment of high tension as the firemen entered the burning building.
· After the election, political tension remains high.
a hot day, with temperatures in the low thirties· Professional football players have a pretty high pain threshold.
a large store with a high throughput of goods· At high tide the island is completely cut off.
The defendant was convicted of high treason (=treason of the worst kind) and sentenced to death. the low turn-out of 54 percent in the March elections Low pay accounts for the high turnover. a warm day, with temperatures in the low twenties Interest rates are twice as high as those of our competitors.· They live in an area where unemployment is high.
It is taking longer than usual for orders to reach our customers.· You should insure any goods of high value.
· Our society places a high value on education.
a high velocity bullet high visibility clothing (=near the top of the range of sounds)· They used to repeat her words in silly high voices.
· The factory workers are demanding higher wages.
Sanders gave a low whistle when he saw the contents of the box. (=strong wind)· High winds are making driving conditions difficult.
He got a call from the factory, telling of yet more problems. Inflation had risen to a yet higher level. high-yielding crops· Its adaptability means that it can survive at high altitudes, in semi-arid areas, and in rocky areas as well as in forests.· The satellite was hurled to a much higher altitude with the mass of tether trailing beneath.· The flight began in July but was delayed for two weeks until early August following initial problems with take-off at high altitudes.· Ma says his runners do well because they train at high altitude and are given special herbal tonics to help them recover.· Extreme cases on high altitude expeditions have ended up with sleeping bags frozen solid!· Asexual species tend to be small and live at high latitudes and high altitudes, in fresh water or disturbed ground.· The night-time replenishment of ozone is presumably caused by transport of ozone-rich air from higher altitudes.· Potatoes could get by with only a touch of sunshine or warmth, and they thrived at high altitudes.
· Do not exceed the stated dose in the belief that higher concentrations will be more effective.· There was concern that such a high concentration would be too difficult to digest or lead to side effects.· Thus cells without mtDNA can undergo apoptosis when either deprived of survival factors or exposed to high concentrations of staurosporine.· The chemical, once used as an anesthetic, can be toxic if breathed in high concentrations.· There is evidence that ascorbic acid is secreted in high concentrations into the normal stomach.· First, the shipyard workers were ex-posed to the deadly blue and brown varieties of asbestos, and in extraordinarily high concentrations.· Elite Home Prices Recent average sale prices in selected neighborhoods with high concentrations of top-ranked professionals and executives.
· An overdraft offered more flexibility but higher cost.· The high cost for magazines is only the beginning.· At the same time, a combination of high costs and cutthroat pricing is driving out manufacturers of computing and communications hardware.· It is not enough to increase job options for the unemployed if high costs prevent them from securing affordable decent housing.· Can a society assume the high cost of paying with injustice the work of its physicians?· Each firm is a low cost shipper to its own market, a high cost shipper to the other market.· These children, problems from birth, represented a high cost to society in every dimension.
· It was the first time the state's highest court had debated the point and was widely welcomed by accountants.· The state high court was mindful that many employers might not know what information should or should not be disclosed.· In the early days of the Bonn Republic members of the higher courts freely invoked a revived Natural Law.· An questions and problems were brought to him and his opinions often had the authority of laws and of high court verdicts.· Lord Justice Watkins would have none of it in the high court in January.· The high court should issue a decision by July.· There are no ethnic minority judges in the high court or above.· The high court did not release information about which justices were on either side of the vote.
· The layout below allows the owner to live in a high degree of comfort.· But, second, in the vast majority of markets, efficient production can be attained with a high degree of competition.· Deaf postgraduates, who are few and far between, have little chance of taking a higher degree.· The immediacy of these visionary experiences endows them with a high degree of intensity, but also renders them fleeting and transient.· His lean bony sun-tanned face was relaxed, concealing his high degree of alertness.· A high degree of safety implies that there is a negligible risk of default of the securities purchased.· The risk involved in the defendants' operations was so great that a high degree of care was expected of them.· This has been developed to a high degree in the so called Fluidized Bed Combustion method.
· Subjects may vary in their response to oestrogens and some may need a higher dose.· Some side effects of high doses include acne, oily skin and insomnia.· Aminoglycosides are often given in insufficiently high doses.· Drowsiness, impaired cognitive function, and impotence may be a problem with higher doses.· So small volumes of lung tissue are exposed to high doses of alpha radiation.· Withdrawal symptoms appear to be more severe following withdrawal from high doses or from short-acting benzodiazepines.· Animal experiments suggest that a high dose is required, and the fact that there is no person-to-person spread supports this view.· The very high doses used in the study were attacked.
· This gives the tape more headroom for high frequencies.· The ribbon moves magnetically, reproducing the higher frequencies normally handled by a tweeter in a conventional speaker.· For example, the strong bonds allow the atoms in diamonds to vibrate at very high frequencies.· Sometimes it shows up as a lot more wiggles in the higher frequency range, up around 25 to 70 Hertz.· Since these figures represent averages over all participants, some participants will have considerably higher frequencies than this.· This high frequency of participation across a large number of sports is an important characteristic of sports participation.· On Tobago, the fruits of the tree species had significantly more thickened layers and higher frequencies of multiple seeds and so on.· However, they all show very high frequencies of non-tree pollen, mainly Ericaceae and Gramineae.
· It can be argued that the finding of high grade dysplasia without cancer should be considered to be a success of surveillance.· Despite this tragedy, she graduated with the second highest grade point average in her high school.· In the high grade group, none of the variables or different modes of treatment influenced mortality.· Perry and Rubin scored the highest grades for overall performance.· Moreover, in contrast with a recent report, no cases of conversion to a high grade lymphoma were observed.· More than 200 people were arrested in five countries and £122 million worth of high grade cocaine seized in swoops around the world.· However we want mandatory standards and specifications introduced to ensure appropriate waste materials are used where available, rather than higher grade primaries.· The severe disruption to the samian industry in Central Gaul caused an immediate diminution in high grade pottery production.
· One appeared to be an enemy headquarters, the other an area of high ground.· The hotel is on high ground and never was in danger of flooding.· But such a brash grasp for the moral high ground called for an answer.· They were taking the high ground.· It depends who has the high ground.· Houston also seized the mental high ground for a possible playoff matchup, which could occur as early as the first round.· Its members view themselves as occupants of the moral high ground because they see their cause as legitimate, their crimes political.· Stick to the moral high ground by blaming the current system for not saving as many lives as it might.
· Invariably our toes are unnaturally cramped into odd-shaped shoes and the feet raised because we choose to teeter around in high heels!· Have yourself dropped off in your high heels in front of the restaurant.· As she tried to pick her way over frozen puddles, she regretted her decision to wear high heels instead of boots.· Though why had she gotten high heels?· With her heels, with her high heels!· Need high heels, a hamburger and a handkerchief?· Under our summer dresses we wore full petticoats with hoops and white high heels.· She was all dolled up, too, in a navy-blue dress and high heels.
· There are high hopes for the game around Wearside.· With high hopes, Michael checks into Freedom Ranch, a private drug-treatment center in Campo.· Many start off with high hopes but there is a lot of hurt.· We had high hopes for television in those early days.· There are high hopes for a powerful and radical approach to the current problems encountered in matters of civil procedure.· Of course, Nixon had high hopes for his policy when he started out.· His seat is safe but high hopes of Liberal Democrats holding the balance of power in a new administration have already faded.· I have high hopes for you.
· Young people are unlikely to be affected by statistics showing the high incidence of disease and early death among smokers.· Even more alarming is the higher incidence of type 2 diabetes among young people.· Endoscopy showed that the miners had a higher incidence of gastritis than the men from the general population.· Moreover, the high number of births in a family is offset by the high incidence of infant mortality.· There is a higher incidence of clients refusing services.· All these conditions make for a higher incidence of illness among working-class than middle-class babies.· Several workers have reported disappointing results in a high incidence of gastrointestinal side effects.
· Having a higher income, it saved more.· It was a foretaste of the wages-prices spiral and the increasingly futile chase after higher incomes.· It now also includes politically daring proposals to increase premiums for the very highest income beneficiaries and raise the Medicare eligibility age.· Doctors are rewarded with high income and social status.· The whole trouble with the Republicans is their fear of an increase in income tax, especially on higher incomes.· They are also planning to raise tax rates on higher incomes.· The idea of higher taxes for higher incomes flopped with the rich.
· For a high inflation country, the ability occasionally to devalue its currency is important and its exercise can yield benefits.· A country with a high inflation rate relative to competitors will generally experience a depreciation in the future external value of its currency.· A high inflation figure would work against an interest rate cut, Rosenberg said.· Sometimes high inflation is associated with rapid economic growth and structural changes in an economy.· Ancient economies were routinely ravaged by high inflation, which almost always shakes the political structure until its leaders tumble down.· Any attempt to reduce unemployment below this rate was sure to fail, according to monetarists, and would bring about higher inflation.· Faster growth usually generates higher inflation, which then puts the Fed on war footing, driving interest rates up.
· I thought we had to have excessively high interest rates in order to keep sterling where it is.· Such conditions generally occur during periods of very high interest rates.· The hon. Gentleman referred to the problem of high interest rates.· With higher interest rates, people have an incentive to keep money in the bank, not in their pockets.· Frankfurt dropped by 3.3%, thanks to fears of higher interest rates and a downturn in the bond market.· People hold domestic deposits despite the higher interest rate on offshore deposits because they associate greater political risk with offshore deposits.· Mr. Nicholas Winterton Does my hon. Friend accept that high interest rates are a disincentive to investment?· Bond buyers will demand higher interest payments to offset the fear of rising inflation.
· According to its radioactive content, it is designated by the industry as either low, intermediate or high level.· Now they own an international distribution company and have reached the highest levels of achievement in our business.· Justice demands that a cheat at that high level be punished.· The papers rated him as one of the hot young stars; there was talk about a future at higher levels.· However, new cases continued to be reported at high levels.· There is a high level of consensus among historians of the eighteenth-century Poor Law that relief in general was neither ungenerous nor ineffective.· Finally when molecular motion increases to a sufficiently high level, all the chains behave like weak springs the whole time.· It must also provide a high level of water vapour resistance.
· The goals scored over four weeks are totalled and the highest number of goals wins a prize of £50.· The situation is similar for higher numbers of fermions.· I suspect however that you have misquoted the number as the highest number I know is 57435.· They are dying in very high numbers.· Brownell and Rodin urged that, given the high numbers of people dieting, weight cycling should be a research priority.· Speyside had by far the highest number of farmers requesting the courses themselves - three out of every four.· This blatant tear-jerker features the highest number of sick and dying characters for your movie dollar.
· In some instances the imperatives of lower order needs may preclude the possibility of following higher order needs. 4.· But with them he could be violent, abusive, duplicitous, a Lothario of the highest order.· A satanic symphony of the highest order.· I thought this constituted revenge of a fairly high order, thought it all out in advance.· Satisfaction of higher order needs may well change the perception as to what constitutes satisfaction of lower order needs. 7.· This was drama of the highest order.· The reflected signal is studied as a function of frequency and the resonant frequency, together with higher orders, is then measured.· Both were gentlemen of the highest order and totally selfless when it came to their colleagues.
· The largely working-class suburbs pay higher rates for shared services to make up for the high percentage of Detroit residents who default.· Brown and Yale had the highest percentage, 5. 8.· Institutional investors complained of high percentage fees levied on transactions. 4.· In 1992, adults asked a higher percentage of teens to volunteer than in 1996.· Their importance is expected to increase as higher percentages of those approaching retirement age are members of occupational pension schemes.· Taken by region, the highest percentage to reject any further meaning in the massacre was in Quebec: sixty-five percent.· This would represent the highest percentage cut of any area, and the biggest savings per position, Sheth says.
· The Body Shop went public in 1984 and the company's shares have consistently dazzled City analysts with their high performance.· Quantitation usually requires gas or high performance liquid chromatography or immunoassay.· With a high performance car a greater depth is required.· This outlook makes the prospect of high performance seem unduly remote, a far-off destination the organization can only hope to reach.· Auspex says it will upgrade the box to higher performance Sparc Mbus modules over time.· In this atmosphere of fear, suspicion, and contracted horizons, long-term high performance is unlikely to be realized.· Despite the apparent apparent emphasis on high performance, police hope the show will slow drivers down.· Brian Tighe discusses polymers in ophthalmology and Peter Marquis describes the application of high performance ceramics in bone and joint replacements.
· At Mount Olympus, the highest point of the massif, mantle rock is visible.· As the pedal is pressed downward from its highest point, it also moves forward.· Christmas and New Year have long been the high point for visitor and Madeiran alike.· The detente coincided with the magnificent spring offensive possiblY the military high point of the national liberation struggle.· Guerrilla forces were considered to have reached their highest point numerically in September 1949 when approximately 3,000 to 3,200 were operating.· We are now reaching the high point of the truly happy life.· Here there was confusion because we wanted to climb the highest point in the Lemon Mountains.· The highest point is the one closest to the top of the map.
· The droppings are burnt to provide sufficient heat to power high pressure steam boilers.· The air in the room, which had higher pressure, pushed down on the water in the glass.· The equation of state of molecular hydrogen at high pressures and temperatures is particularly important and yet it is poorly known.· Each incident building high pressure on child.· It may need hosing at high pressure to get rid of any surface slime.· The higher pressure under the paper lifts it up.· There they breathe in pure oxygen at high pressure.· Bring to high pressure and cook 5 minutes.
· The idea is to reward young artists who would rarely command their highest price on the first sale.· For the consumer, the shrunken harvest means shorter supplies and higher prices at the supermarket.· He reckons it will disappear by the end of 1993, so increased demand will then spill over into higher prices.· Virtually all empty dwellings were now sold with vacant possession, at extremely high prices.· More of a particular resource will be demanded at a low price than at a high price.· The system is financed by higher prices paid for goods bearing the green dot symbol.· That and the high price of oil have rekindled inflation and widened the government's budget deficit.
· Children's activities are also a high priority, with art workshops and dance courses taking place on a regular basis.· At its workshop, the council ranks the items, from highest priority to lowest.· That is, the permanent reduction of inflation is accorded a higher priority than the size of revenues associated with monetary creation.· But villagers are still concerned about burglaries, where country homes were once left unlocked security is now a high priority.· Items can be high priority but are uninteresting, time consuming or difficult to resolve.· The quality and quantity of research in the School of Arts, continues to be a high priority.· The highest priority is the publication of a suite of up-to-date comprehensive guidebooks and map leaflets for the four gardens.· Subsequent use of the theses was unsupervised, and it appeared that enforcement of the regulations was not a high priority.
· He's young, supremely talented and an integral part of a successful, high profile side.· Luria and Nordin have a high profile in the arts community.· With his group the Daintees, he was a high profile act with a major record company until quite recently.· The Central Freeway campaign represents a broader issue with a higher profile.· H are the highest profile and most hotly contested items on the Nov. 4 ballot.· Hospital buildings in particular take a high profile role in the history of Wimpey Alawi.
· A higher proportion of cases result in acquittal as the ages of the victims rises.· The highest proportion of buyers who are married is 83. 5 percent in Dallas.· A higher proportion of patients with diabetes in rural areas had advanced retinopathy identified by the screening unit compared with urban patients.· Survey participants tended to reflect a higher proportion of builders active in the move-up, single-family-housing market.· Administrative changes during the late nineteenth century should have resulted in a higher proportion of cases being reported.· These averages are dictated largely by the very high proportion of volunteers that operate at club level.· A high proportion of us die not at home, but in hospitals, clinics and special institutions for the terminally ill.· Income tax is a progressive tax because higher earners pay a higher proportion of their income in this tax than lower earners.
· These are good, high quality reserves.· Pommery wines are well balanced and of high quality.· Products such as highly-priced porcelain will be subject to far higher quality controls than run-of-the-mill household earthenware.· Only hair of the highest quality is used which is bonded to small sections of your hair.· One of the great pleasures of the exhibition is to see so many works of high quality brought into close proximity.· The complex, consisting of 37 houses each accommodating five students, provides high quality accommodation for 185 postgraduate students.· Rag paper high quality stationery made from cotton rags.
· Their ideas grew out of research carried out in the electronics industry where companies face high rates of technological change.· It is only the amount of relief granted that changes, with higher rate taxpayers now treated identically to everyone else.· Because now the finger was pointed at managers: everyone knew if their office had a high rate.· As with higher rate taxpayers, you will receive a tax demand for the amount owing.· The higher rate includes the privilege of reserving screening carrels in advance.· Why were they dropping out at a higher rate than any other ethnic or racial group?
· Low resolution displays of 25-30 lines are easier to read than high resolution displays of 60 lines.· And if we switch to really high resolution, the icon is only 3 / 10 of an inch wide.· I will have another go, at higher resolution.· Many companies used to eliminate important features such as high resolution graphics or soundboard support.· In Web art galleries especially, such images often have links to another with higher resolution.· Another company which has long been ploughing the higher resolution furrow is Printware.· As I have already indicated in the main text of this article, there are real users of high resolution page printers.
· People with a cellular phone in the car run a 34 percent higher risk of having an accident, researchers say.· Conclusions - Children classified as unoccupied are almost certainly living in poverty as well as experiencing relatively high risks of mortality.· They reported a 60 % higher risk linked to maternal alcohol consumption.· For high risk junctions increasing exemplar risk is associated with an increase in the amount of information described.· Berns said Davis had been downgraded from high risk to low risk on Oct. 15, 1993· He was a high risk at one time.· The study showed that teen-aged boys are at highest risk from overall injury-caused deaths, followed by toddlers ages 1-4.
· But he noted in interviews that drawings he submitted to his high school yearbook were rejected.· A separate group of specialists may speak of high school problems.· In 1994-95, she guided the boys' freshman team at her high school in Lake Oswego, Ore.· I noticed a caption in my local newspaper the other day, identifying a group of high school cheerleaders.· Take the case of Christina, who attends eleventh grade at a suburban high school in Fairfax County, Virginia.· I had chemistry and biology in high school.· Church league to junior high school to high school.· Raise college admissions standards so that young people have an incentive to work harder and achieve more in high school.
· When approached by Central news Mrs Gee drove off at high speed.· When you connect at a higher speed, more can go wrong.· Only a fool would re-enact the drink-fuelled high speed car journey that killed Princess Diana.· Gradually add remaining 1 cup sugar, beating at high speed until lightened in color and texture, 3 to 5 minutes.· Given a fair blow much higher speeds must be just as easy.· These incorporate a very long run which promises high speed.· If at a higher speed then reduce to the required figure before commencing descent. 2.· A combination of blind bends, and high speed frustrations has created a string of accident black spots.
· Greville at Farnham Surrey, are to the highest standard.· Mrs Miller had high standards of dress and manners.· The House can accommodate up to 22 persons and offers a very high standard of comfort.· The 6 million people of Hong Kong have an obvious stake in maintaining their high standard of living.· There were lots of entries and all of a very high standard.· Problem is, the current system resists higher standards, whether in student performance or teacher competency.· But none is perhaps very democratic, if any high standard of democracy is applied.· The managers strove to build a culture of high standards, supportiveness, and openness.
· Such legitimation could not be provided by other than a high status firm.· However, historically the highest status universities have resisted community service on ideological grounds; it threatened academic freedom.· Competition for places in high status universities is so enormous that after-school attendance at expensive private crammer schools is virtually compulsory.· They have higher status in the family.· In Bristol, often the pressure is to go for high status careers.· The language of rights, legitimate expectations or privileges should not be elevated to any higher status.· It doesn't matter if the woman is older, of higher status or a total stranger.· Which aspects of black or female cultures are or could be incorporated into high status knowledge?
· With home shopping out of the way, Pitcher will be able to concentrate on the football pools and high street retailing.· We regard the Warwick campus as a high street.· Last Christmas, despite the recession in the high street, we spent over £350 million on both biscuits and chocolates.· Even the lower rate makes the offerings from other high street banks look miserly.· This is a shareware version of a popular commercial game sold through high street stores and includes 20 missions.· They compete for the savings of the general public through a network of high street branches.· Almost every high street in Britain has some glimmer of character which can be brought out sensitively rather than needlessly brutalized.· No.4 Troop followed Captain Algy Forrester as he charged on down the high street.
· As we've already seen, the very high tax rates under the Labour Government helped to kill enterprise.· They have blamed high taxes for the growth of a black market in cigarettes.· The savings are taken up by the government in the form of higher taxes and transferred to the redundant workers.· Some Democrats say it would require a relatively high tax rate near 20 percent to produce sufficient revenue.· A notorious drinker and womaniser, he flogged his workers and extorted high taxes.· Meanwhile, young homeowners are two-income families struggling to cover day care expenses and health care insurance while paying high tax bills.· If the right hon. Gentleman is genuinely concerned about recovery, what does he think that higher taxes would do to it?· The communities then scramble to raise money -- turning to higher taxes.
· Plus all the benefits of the latest high technology recording techniques for unsurpassed audio quality.· Secondly, high technology industries are footloose - products such as microchips are easy to transport, and thrive in a clean environment.· It is the interaction of high technology with traditional novelistic modes which is the focus of the work.· So too can the industry and the broader environment, from traditional mass production to contemporary high technology, etc.· Landfills, the burial sites for waste, are high technology now.· Arguments on the pros and cons of high technology medicine are bedevilled by many false assumptions.· It is high technology made easy.· Much high technology medicine is therefore palliative, alleviating the effects of the disease by relieving pain or restoring mobility.
· Finally, there were the microscopic soot spheres, produced by high temperature combustion, such as in the boilers of power stations.· The plant is sensitive to alkaline conditions and prefers cool waters but temporarily withstands higher temperatures.· The technique makes use of the properties that water develops when heated to high temperatures at high atmospheric pressures.· To produce a dark brick, for example, it is baked at a higher temperature.· Note that at the higher temperature there is a higher spread of speed.· There is another slightly more subtle limitation imposed by the fact that oxygen attacks most metals severely at high temperatures.· We knew next to nothing experimentally of the elementary properties of matter at such high temperatures.· Either very exotic and expensive metals or oxygen-free exhausts must be used to get to higher temperatures.
· A high tide had led to predictions of one of the largest bores of the year.· About 125 people were briefly evacuated from a Revere elderly housing complex until the high tide passed uneventfully.· When he comes down, it is like high tide along the shore-all the wet muddy places sparkle with life and motion.· It learns the relative positions of the pools at high tide, when it can swim over them.· And just as the moon rises later each night, so the high tides are correspondingly later.· Mills were often built on an estuary where the water could be trapped upstream at high tide by sluice gates.· The result: a piece as solid and dependable as a sand castle in high tide.
· But the long recession, together with high unemployment figures and a stagnant housing market, has changed homeowners' perceptions.· Of those, California posted the highest unemployment rate -- 7. 7 percent -- last month.· But real wages steadily increased in spite of recession and high unemployment.· Even though many economists would predict higher unemployment if the initiative were adopted, some might not.· Officials from one country told Ellena that its citizens had enough stress coping with high unemployment and other transition ills.· Share values were depressed by expectations of slower economic growth and higher unemployment.· It has high unemployment and considerable long-term unemployment.· Between the world wars major unions suffered the searing experience of high unemployment which owed much to incompetent employers and benighted policy-makers.
· If high value loads are carried regularly, an appropriate annual premium should be sought.· He puts high value on consistent training, on consistent communications, on consistent remuneration schemes.· Insurance For mailing high value items, cover up to £1500.· Limitation on liability is placed at £800 per tonne which should be monitored and adjusted in the case of higher value consignments.· They also work against a high value being placed upon the creation of peaceful everyday relationships.· Emap has an asset base of extremely strong brands, loyal high value customers and differentiated content in both B2C and B2B.· This is due to the time taken to charge capacitor C3 via the high value resistor R4.· Firstly, western culture places a high value on material acquisition and its display, because this reflects hard work and thrift.
· Monday, their last day in the Macleod castle, dawned with higher winds.· Lightning or high winds can knock branches or whole trees on to power lines, cutting the electricity to an entire neighborhood.· This allows good use of space, but high winds compress the sides.· Downpours, lightning and thunder, high winds, a tornado that barely missed carrying away the house.· The crossed poles structure gives the stability you need to cope with high winds, together with a good space to weight ration.· The high winds did not cease.· It's thought he'd been swept off a mountain in high winds.· More than 1, 100 plows struggled to keep up with the high winds and drifts of four to six feet.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► end/finish/begin etc (something) on a high note► high German/Dutch etcPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► high-backed/straight-backed/low-backed etc► blow something sky-high► high-collared/open-collared/fur-collared etc► in high dudgeon► exact a high/heavy price► the high jump► high-pressure sales/selling methods etc► throw something into high relief► the high seas► the high street► have high/great hopes for somebody/something► be high/low on a list (of something)► join the mile high club► of a high order/of the highest order► ridge of high pressure► blow something sky-high
- Free individual choice in matters affecting this right should, in my opinion, be accorded very high priority.
- He was even, ironically in light of the Simpson verdicts bearing down on him, placing his highest priority on education.
- I assure the hon. Gentleman that my hon. Friend and I give the matter a high priority.
- If saving lives is your aim, providing clean water should be a higher priority still.
- In general, only high priority cases are able to gain a place.
- Launching a new round of trade liberalisation talks after the failure of the Seattle summit remains a high priority for both sides.
- The development of the theoretical framework remains therefore of high priority.
- The pleasure principle should motivate the programmes of study, and always be given high priority.
- I had high expectations for this book.
- It is possible to be creative while still having high expectations of pupils.
- Parents have such high hopes for their offspring and then they grow up to be a big disappointment.
- Salespeople require goals set for them with maximal clarity and hold high expectations for recognition for their accomplishments.
- There are high hopes for the game around Wearside.
- There is a sense of anticipatory disillusion among those who recall how the high hopes of 1986 were dashed.
- There were a lot of high expectations.
- We had high hopes for television in those early days.
- As the pedal is pressed downward from its highest point, it also moves forward.
- At the top of the theater steps, the highest point, all four forms appear.
- Christmas and New Year have long been the high point for visitor and Madeiran alike.
- His engagement to Nora Cushing had been the high point of her life.
- Political repression and racial discrimination were at a high point.
- That is just the intensification, the high point of an ongoing process.
- They were at the highest point for twenty li about.
- We are now reaching the high point of the truly happy life.
- He led her from the scene of horror to a patch of rocky high ground that seemed safe.
- On approaching the high ground before the Alps themselves we all encountered thick cloud, despite the season, and icing.
- Some corporations have seized the moral high ground.
- Television is therefore seen to be taking the moral high ground, the side of the punter against the forces of evil.
- The flak was heavy, relentless as hounds chasing a cornered stag up and down high ground.
- The way things were going the enemy seemed very determined to push the Brigade off this high ground.
- They had time to save furniture and valuables before fleeing to high ground early Saturday morning.
- They were taking the high ground.
- It was the last day of term and everyone was in high spirits.
- Peter could not hide his high spirits.
- They didn't mean to cause any damage - it was just high spirits.
- As they went down, the two married ladies were in high spirits.
- Gone were the high spirits of the first hours of our escape.
- Her high spirits are generally contagious.
- In high spirits, his father was talking about the immense advances made in forensic science in recent years.
- It was age, youthful high spirits, they were very young, like puppies really.
- Prue told George that Dawn Allenby was in high spirits because an admirer had sent her flowers.
- The dinner followed, with the group in high spirits.
- The girls go down to the locker room in high spirits, all except Eddie.
- It's high time we pulled together and got the job done right.
- At present, they can only develop profitably in locations with high wind speed.
- First high winds blow Stu Miller off the mound, forcing a balk, at Candlestick Park.
- Four guylines are attached half way up the pole sleeve to storm-lash the tent - great for very high winds.
- It was a shed that wobbled in high winds.
- More than 1, 100 plows struggled to keep up with the high winds and drifts of four to six feet.
- Nevertheless, there was a degree of innovation in one aspect of this design: its ability to resist high wind.
- On one particular day I lay there watching a strong, high wind move the clouds.
- This allows good use of space, but high winds compress the sides.
- Early in the war Soviet southern troops were put on high alert.
- As in Shakespeare, there are scenes of high life and scenes of low life.
- But other authorities also face recruiting difficulties, which suggests that the problem extends beyond high living costs and poor pay.
- But this is one weekend, he thought, when there will be high living and no thinking.
- He told the villa's owner Count Robert de Beaumont how much he loved the sun-soaked Costa high life.
- He was a lively and stylish writer, and contributed a column to the Jerusalem Post on high life and low living.
- His dream had finally run out in an Arabian nightmare of high living and questionable favours.
- It looked like the high life, but it was life on borrowed time.
- The movie is full of grandeur and high adventure.
- Any high drama that remains is found deep in technical working party country.
- But Merseyside and Manchester both proved last week that it is possible to concoct high drama without substituting motivation for mutilation.
- But now, along with high drama, diners at Checkers can enjoy a lighter menu.
- But what a chance for high adventure!
- The high drama at the Fed involves its decisions on interest rates and the money supply.
- The problem is even more severe with the natural world, where the ratio of observable high drama is much lower.
- They refused to yield against awkward opponents, on a difficult pitch, in a match of high drama and controversial incidents.
- Thus ended an episode of high drama, the excitement of which tends to distort its significance.
- He believed genuinely in high principles and aims even if he was not yet assured of a sense of perspective.
- Henry Lunn, one of the major figures of the early days of organized travel, was also inspired by high ideals.
- Her virginity is one of the highest ideals in Catholicism.
- The war, the president insists, is about higher principles than control of a grubby liquid in the ground.
- They put short-term expediency and selfish interest before the application of high principles.
- Though it created problems in times of political crisis, it was the price one had to pay for pursuing high ideals.
- What we worship these days is financial success, as though it automatically confers high principles and admirable character.
- Afterward he and Corinne went to the White House for lunch and mingled with the high and mighty of official Washington.
- For the high and mighty only appear so because we are on our knees.
- You know how it is up there on the throne of clouds occupied by the very high and mighty of communications.
- All right, all right; don't get on your high horse.
- Don't get on your high horse with me.
- Oh, now he gets on his high horse and accuses me of being an anti-Semite!
- They were people who really let themselves go on high days and holidays, not likely to fuss about anything left over.
- Tone down high colouring by using a green moisturiser or under-make-up base before applying foundation.
- I was just so furious that I swept out in high dudgeon.
- The kuei will usually give up and leave a house in high dudgeon.
- All three, when they achieve greatness, have also an undeniable high style which separates them from the pedestrian mobs.
- Its high register gives brilliance and point when doubling at the octave phrases allotted to other wind instruments or to the violins.
- Like a high, high register.
- Solarium in the back, pillars and driveway fountain and the high style in the front.
- The high registers contain parameters passed from above the current procedure.
- This high style comes from Panache Fresh and simply stunning.
- This method of obscuring chords only in higher registers is quite usual, as it gives a good equilibrium to the harmony.
- We have divided the cellos in order to obtain intensity of tone from their high register.
- He has the highest regard for his hamster-locating abilities.
- It was a display which earned high praise, not least from Coventry boss Bobby Gould.
- Perhaps surprisingly, the indications are that Offa continued to hold Canterbury in high regard.
- Surely the Buckleys have risen to higher station, or at least a higher opinion of themselves.
- This, however, is no indication that they have a particularly high opinion of the spiritual contribution of women.
- While I hold these scholars and practitioners in the highest regard, I have not relied exclusively on their work.
- The Rams are flying high after winning the Super Bowl.
- He was now on to the mid-irons and these were flying high and true.
- I was always happy to be flying high.
- Like the other Salomon executives, Massey was flying high in 1985 on the back of a series of record earning quarters.
- Bowen had friends in high places, and managed to raise large sums of money from the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations.
- He won't lose his job -- he has plenty of friends in high places.
- I just happened to have friends in high places, who could arrange things like meetings with the mayor.
- The Achym family had friends in high places, including the powerful Lord Burghley, and were allowed to return.
- But Tony and his colleagues have friends in high places.
- We have friends in high places, they said.
- Come hell or high water, he'd never missed a race and he wasn't going to miss this one.
- I'll be there in time. Don't worry. Come hell or high water.
- I said I'd do it, so I will, come hell or high water.
- My father felt I should stay in my marriage come hell or high water.
- She'd come this far to say her piece and say it she would, come hell or high water.
- And it's all about: Who is for the high jump in Rome?
- He'd be for the high jump, as usual.
- The high-performance cars are strictly for the racetrack ... and the message is, going too fast on the roads can kill.
- Under the month-long offer, basic models will be £200 cheaper, with the maximum discount on high-performance cars.
- Daley has taken the high road in his campaign, trying to ignore Merriam's attacks.
- Instead, I decided to take the high road.
- Read in studio Still to come on Central News, taking the high road.
- She was at least making the attempt to take the high road, only to run into a dead end.
- Monday, during a high-speed chase through the streets of the Baja California state capital.
- The high-speed chase began after police spotted the gang with the stolen vehicles at the M1 Woodhall Services near Sheffield.
- They include high-speed chases through densely packed suburban areas, filmed from the air by helicopters.
- Take the walk along the Humber Bridge with the wind nagging the high-tension cables.
- The Kinner field almost qualified; it had two sets of high-tension wires on its eastern perimeter.
- Even when she was knee-high to a grasshopper.
- They've been living high on the hog since Jim got the money from his aunt.
- Expect him to finish the season on a higher mark.
- Job sharers scored high marks on problem solving, team work and flexibility and demonstrated greater resilience in the face of setbacks.
- Newhome sales were slightly below the high marks of the late 1970s.
- She also gives high marks to manager Dusty Baker.
- The company received fairly high marks in Clark County, where it began managing mental health services in January 1996.
- The formula attains a high mark when a diversity of variables is woven into a unified design.
- This is how to do it - and earn high marks!
- Some corporations have seized the moral high ground.
- Television is therefore seen to be taking the moral high ground, the side of the punter against the forces of evil.
- All I can say to that is that I have a higher opinion of your judgement than he has.
- He did not, in any case, have a high opinion of Santayana - an animus which Santayana reciprocated towards Eliot.
- Politicians generally have a low opinion of the press, just as the press generally has a low opinion of lawmakers.
- She does not seem to have a high opinion of married life.
- It provides a high profile and public relations for the city.
- Luria and Nordin have a high profile in the arts community.
- Mechanics on the entirely separate test group work even harder than their counterparts with a higher profile on the race team.
- Still, I was determined to cash in on my success and maintain a high profile at the ground.
- The Central Freeway campaign represents a broader issue with a higher profile.
- The next extracts provide some explanation of the social context which gave this distinction such a high profile.
- This coming year, health and safety issues will enjoy an even higher profile.
- With his group the Daintees, he was a high profile act with a major record company until quite recently.
- A booming hearty from the higher reaches of Personnel fills our glasses and remembers nearly everyone's name.
- A clutch of them have clawed their way to the higher reaches of educational administration.
- But in the higher reaches of the Yorkshire Dales, there is nowhere to hide.
- Councillor Enderby had all the fluency of a life spent in the lower reaches of local government.
- It became a rough bridleway, leading through a series of gates on to the lower reaches of moorland.
- Quality flounder from the lower reaches of Poole harbour.
- She could either turn round, or brazen her way past the pressmen to the lower reaches of the parkland.
- There's many more like them, and not just in the lower reaches of the Football League.
- Before Saturday's defeat, the Broncos had been riding high.
- Blackpool are riding high in Division Four, while United have slowly sunk down the table.
- By the summer of 1945, the Allies were riding high.
- The Agnelli family, which owns almost 40% of the company, was riding high.
- The salary cap was not in place when Jimmy was riding high in Dallas.
- Travolta, who is riding high in Hollywood, takes a minor career risk by playing a villain.
- Actual monthly charges often run higher, however, because on-line services charge more for extra hours of use.
- All day Saturday, tensions ran high as the president alternated intense cabinet meetings with bouts of seclusion.
- And moral outrage at the use of simple expedients can still run high.
- At that news, excitement among scientists ran high.
- Buyer interest in Pebble Beach has always run high.
- Later bravado runs high to disguise their feelings and some of them exploit the situation for gain.
- People seem confused, tensions run high, and constant crisis is a fact of organizational life.
- The courts served as a safety-valve, acting as an alternative to violence when emotions ran high.
- Also on the small side is the 14-gallon fuel tank.
- Both versions have the same size fuel tank, which, at 14. 5 gallons, is on the small side.
- Burned by that experience, chip forecasters prepared their 1996 forecasts on the high side.
- For political reasons, these estimates are on the high side.
- The bedrooms, though on the small side, have recently been completed refurbished in sophisticated style.
- The clams and mussels-four of each-are on the small side, but flavorful.
- The little one's a bit on the small side.
- The only complaint we had with the shoe was the weight - it's on the heavy side.
- But commander-in-chief Douglas MacArthur wanted to play for higher stakes.
- Especially when the players themselves happily accept the high stakes for which they play, gambling with their bodies.
- He found Zacco lightly intoxicated, and playing dice for high stakes among a circle of friends.
- I have relatively high stakes in conformity - I happen to have done fairly well out of it.
- It was the highest stakes ever.
- Of course much depends on how the current high stakes budget negotiations play out.
- The higher stakes have increased the temptation to overload the inflatable speedboats, called Zodiacs.
- You thought you'd play - for higher stakes than those he was offering.
- Simon's stock is high in the network news business.
- And that was a peculiar job from that point of view, because it included an unusually large number of fifty-dollar bills.
- Chang felt that the surface, which offered an unusually high bounce for an indoor court, suited a baseliner like himself.
- Fortunately it was an unusually quiet day at the surgery.
- Nevertheless, we had all noticed that for the past week Loi had been unusually quiet.
- Nor can local suspicions that the incidence of cancer is unusually high be calmed or confirmed.
- These energetic measures produced unusually large sums.
- Video-Tape, no voice over SWINDON/Wiltshire A spokesman said the workload is unusually high for the time of year.
- But it was a misreading to suppose that the vote then marked the high water mark on the issue.
- My father felt I should stay in my marriage come hell or high water.
- The chief drawback to small-scale silage-making is the extra physical work involved in handling the green crop with its high water content.
- They currently pay some of the highest water charges in the country.
- They hugged the shore, Clayt pulling hard on the wheel at unseen shoals, flying over low water.
- They said high water levels in the Sacramento delta, which spills into the San Francisco Bay, were also worrisome.
- Throughout November and December a few big cod can be taken over low water from the end of the sandbar on night tides.
- Why are current city water users subsidizing this madness with higher water rates?
- Penal Policy in a Changing Society stands as the high watermark of what later became known as the treatment model.
- Penal Policy in a Changing Society stands as the high watermark of what later became known as the treatment model.
WORD FAMILYnounHighnesshighadverbhighhighlyadjectivehigh
1from bottom to top measuring a long distance from the bottom to the top OPP low: This is the highest mountain in Japan. The camp was surrounded by a high fence.100 feet/30 metres etc high waves up to 40 metres high a ten-foot high statue How high is the Eiffel Tower?chest/waist/knee etc high (=as high as your chest etc) The grass was knee-high. ► Do not use high to describe people, animals, trees, and plants. Use tall: You’re getting very tall (NOT You’re getting very high). | a tall palm tree (NOT a high palm tree)2above ground in a position that is a long way, or a longer way than usual, above the ground, floor etc OPP low: The apartment had spacious rooms with high ceilings. a high shelf high altitudes The sun was already high in the sky. High up among the clouds, we saw the summit of Everest.3large number a high amount, number, or level is large, or larger than usual OPP low: Temperatures remained high for the rest of the week. Lower-paid workers often cannot afford the high cost of living in the capital.high level/degree/rate etc (of something) High levels of car use mean our streets are more congested than ever. high crime rates high interest rateshigh price/charge/tax etc If you want better public services, you’ll have to pay higher taxes – it’s as simple as that. The train was approaching at high speed.high proportion/percentage etc (of something) (=a very large part of a number) A high proportion of women with children under five work full-time.► see thesaurus at expensive4good standard a high standard, quality etc is very good OPP low: a high-performance computerhigh quality a range of high-quality goods at low prices Our aim is to provide the highest quality service to all our customers.high standard (=very good levels of work, achievement, behaviour etc) The general standard of the entries was very high. Our guests expect us to maintain high standards.5containing a lot containing a lot of a particular substance or quality OPP lowhigh in something Choose foods that are high in fiber and low in calories.a high sugar/salt/fibre etc content Red meat tends to have a high fat content.6rank/position having an important position in society or within an organization OPP low: a high rank in the US Navy the City’s highest honourhigh up (=in a powerful position) someone high up in the CIAhigh office (=an important position) Both of them held high office in the Anglican Church.high society (=rich people of the highest social class) → high-class, high-ranking, high-up, → friends in high places at friend1(12)7advanced [only before noun] advanced and often complicated: We can offer all the benefits of the latest high technology. the world of high financethe higher animals/mammals/organisms etc (=animals etc that are more intelligent or advanced than others)8high opinion/regard/praise etc strong approval of someone or something, or an expression of strong approval: I’ve always had a high opinion of her work.hold somebody/something in high esteem/regard (=respect them very much) As an educationalist, he was held in very high esteem. Romsey earned high praise from his boss.9high priority (also high on the list/agenda) important and needing to be done or dealt with quickly: Most people feel that education needs to be given higher priority. Arms control is high on the agenda.10high hopes/expectations when someone hopes or expects that something will be very good or successful: My expectations of the place were never very high, but I didn’t think it would be this bad.have high hopes/expectations Like many young actors, I had high hopes when I first started out.11sound near or above the top of the range of sounds that humans can hear OPP low: I always had difficulty reaching the high notes (=when singing). a high squeaky voice → high-pitched12high point (also high spot) British English an especially good part of an activity or event: The visit to the ancient capital city was one of the high points of the tour.13high ground a)an area of land that is higher than the area surrounding it: Villagers herded the livestock to high ground to keep them safe during the floods. b)a better, more moral, or more powerful position in an argument or competition: Neither side in this conflict can claim the moral high ground.14high spirits feelings of happiness and energy, especially when you are having fun: It was a bright sunny day and we set off in high spirits. I don’t think they intended any harm – it was just high spirits.15happy/excited [not before noun] happy and excited: I was still high from the applause.16drugs [not before noun] behaving in a strange and excited way as the result of taking drugshigh on Most people there were high on cocaine.get high (=take a drug to make yourself high) Steve was as high as a kite (=strongly affected by drugs or alcohol).17sea/river having risen to a high level OPP low: The river is at its highest in spring. → high tide18it is high time somebody did something used to say that something should be done now: It’s high time you got a job.19time the middle or the most important part of a particular period of time: high summerhigh noon (=12 o'clock in the middle of the day) → high season20high wind a strong wind21high alert a situation in which people are told to be ready because there is a strong possibility of an attack or of something dangerous happeningput/place somebody on high alert Troops were put on high alert.22high life/living the enjoyable life that rich and fashionable people have: We’re all stuck here, while he’s off living the high life in New York.23high drama/adventure very exciting events or situations: a life with moments of high drama24end/finish/begin etc (something) on a high note to end, finish something etc in a successful way: The team finished their tour on a high note in Barbados.25high principles/ideals ideas about personal behaviour based on the belief that people should always behave in an honest and morally good way: a man of high moral principles26high and mighty talking or behaving as if you think you are better or more important than other people: Don’t get high and mighty with me.27be/get on your high horse to give your opinion about something in a way that shows you think you are definitely right and that other people are wrong: If she’d get down off her high horse for a moment, she might realize there’s more than one point of view here.28food British English cheese, meat etc that is high is not fresh and has a strong smell or taste29high days and holidays British English special occasions30high complexion/colouring British English a naturally pink or red face31in high dudgeon formal in an angry or offended way – often used humorously32language a)high style/register British English a very formal style of language, especially used in literature b)high German/Dutch etc a form of a language used for formal purposes that is often different from the ordinary form used by most people → highly, → stink to high heaven at stink1(1)THESAURUSbuildings/mountains etchigh measuring a long distance from the bottom to the top – used about mountains, walls, and buildings: · the highest mountain in the world· The castle was surrounded by high walls.· a high cliff· The council told the architects the tower was too high.tall high – used about people, trees, plants, and buildings. Tall is used especially about things that are high and narrow: · tall marble columns· A cat was hiding in the tall grass.· a tall modern buildingmajestic especially written very impressive because of being very big and tall – used about mountains, buildings, trees, and animals: · the majestic mountains of the Himalayas· The abbey is noted for its majestic arches, fine doorways and elegant windows.· The cathedral looked majestic in the evening light.soaring [only before noun] especially written used about a building or mountain that looks extremely tall and impressive: · a soaring skyscraper· the soaring towers of the palacetowering [only before noun] especially written extremely high, in a way that seems impressive but also often rather frightening: · The sky was shut out by the towering walls of the prison.· towering treeslofty [usually before noun] literary very high and impressive – used in literature: · the lofty peaks in the far distancehigh-rise [usually before noun] a high-rise building is a tall modern building with a lot of floors containing apartments or offices: · a high-rise apartment block· He works in a high-rise office in New York.COLLOCATIONS CHECKhigh mountain/building/wall/fencetall person/tree/plant/building/tower/statuemajestic mountain/building/tree/animalsoaring building/tower/mountaintowering wall/tree/mountain/buildinglofty building/mountain/tree/heightshigh-rise buildingsoundshigh-pitched higher than most sounds or voices: · He has a rather high-pitched voice.· Bats make high-pitched squeaks.· the high-pitched whine of a dentist's drillshrill high and unpleasant: · Her voice became more shrill.· The bird has rather a shrill cry.piercing extremely high and loud, in a way that is unpleasant: · a piercing scream· Suddenly I heard a piercing whistle.squeaky making very high noises that are not loud: · a squeaky gate· squeaky floorboards· a squeaky little voicehigh1 adjectivehigh2 adverbhigh3 noun
highhigh2 ●●● S2 W3 adverb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Sandy continued to rise higher in Zefco's ranks.
- The dollar climbed higher against the yen today.
- The girl's voice rang high above everyone else's.
- And the elder Miss Snoot at her window high up in Old Odborough looks over the roofs of the town.
- Could the pressure be too high?
- It has long been thought that a diet high in fiber reduces the risks of cancer.
- Monopolies tend to keep their prices and profits high by restricting the supply of a good.
- The phone is high up on the wall.
Longman Language Activatora long way above the ground
· The shelf's too high for me to reach.· Cowles Mountain is the highest peak in the city of San Diego.· The plane flew higher to avoid the storm.high up · We stayed in a cabin high up in the mountains.· You're awfully high up there - be careful.high in/into/above · He let go and watched the balloon float high above the trees.· Lava from the volcano was sent high into the air.
: upper room/floor/deck etc the highest room etc when there are two or more: · People had climbed into the upper branches of the tree to escape the rising waters.· Gunmen were firing machine guns from the upper floor of the hospital.
a long way or to a long way above the ground without being on any surface: · The force of the explosion blew the boxes straight up into the air.· Once the plane is up in the air, I'll let you try using the controls.high up in the air: · The ride shot high up in the air and then plunged back down toward the earth.
a high building/mountain/tree etc measuring a long distance from top to bottom - use this about mountains, walls, or buildings: · The castle was surrounded by high walls.· Mt. McKinley is the highest mountain in North America.· A couple of boys had climbed the high chain-link fence to get into the park.
high and narrow or long - use this about trees and plants or about buildings and parts of buildings: · Two tall marble columns stood at either side of the entrance.· The twin towers of the World Trade Center were the highest buildings in New York.· The cat was hiding in the tall grass in the backyard.
very high especially in a way that seems frightening or impressive: · The building seems out of place among the towering redwood trees.· The towering Cliffs of Dover loomed in front of them.
a very tall modern city building, especially one used for offices: · His office looked out on the other skyscrapers of downtown Dallas.
a high-rise building is a tall modern building, used either for apartments or for offices: · High-rise apartment buildings now stood where his childhood home had been.
how high something is use this to ask about or say what the height of something is: · "How high is Mount Fuji?" "It's almost 4000 metres."· I'm not sure how high the ceiling is.
if something is 30 metres, 100 feet etc high , the distance from its base to its top is 30 metres, 100 feet etc: · The highest mountain in Scotland is over 4000 feet high.· The stone fireplace was at least ten feet wide and 12 feet high.· He's built a 3-metre high fence between the two gardens.shoulder-/waist-/knee- etc high (=as high as your shoulder, waist, knee etc): · The corn was already knee-high and growing fast.
the distance between the top and the bottom of something, or the distance that something is above the ground: · My brother and I are nearly the same height.height of: · What's the height of the average banana tree?200 feet/30 metres etc in height: · Some of the pyramids are over 200 feet in height.a height of 25 metres/100 feet etc: · One of the climbers fell from a height of 25 metres.
formal the distance that something is above the ground - use this especially to talk about planes or about places in the mountains or high areas: altitude of: · The altitude of Addis Ababa is eight thousand feet.an altitude of 10,000 metres/30,000 feet etc: · The plane is now flying at an altitude of 30,000 feet.high/low altitude: · It's very difficult to breathe at high altitudes.
how high something is - use this especially about the height of something in relation to something else: · The apartment is split into two different levels with a bedroom on each.level of: · Hang the picture just below the level of the window.eye level: · Posters line the walls at eye level.sea level (=the height of the surface of the sea, used for measuring the height of mountains, hills etc): · The village is about 1500 metres above sea level.
to be much higher than other things · The great cathedral towers over the rest of the main square.· Life-size dinosaur models tower above visitors to the Prehistoric Park.
if something dwarfs other things, it is so big that it makes the other things around it seem very small: · The ship came slowly into the harbour, dwarfing all the surrounding boats.· The smaller, older houses are dwarfed by the new apartment blocks and hotels.
if a particular building, structure, or tree dominates an area or place, it is much higher and much easier to see than everything else, so that it seems to be the most important thing: · The fortress on top of the hill still dominates Barcelona harbour.· A giant Ferris wheel dominates the skyline.
a surface that is higher than the area around it · There was a raised platform and a blackboard at the far end of the room.· His name had been put on a bronze plaque in raised letters.
a surface that is elevated has been deliberately put in a place that is higher than everything else, for example in order to protect it or to make it easier to see: · The train runs on an elevated track above the city street.· The judge's bench is well elevated and covered by a walnut canopy.
fear of being in high places · He refused to climb the ladder because of his fear of heights.· She overcame her fear of heights and did a parachute jump for charity.
to feel frightened when you are in high places: · Hiking this trail is not recommended for people who are afraid of heights.· She's so scared of heights we couldn't get her to go parasailing.
formal a feeling that things are moving and that you are going to fall, that you get especially when you are on or in a high place: · Just the thought of standing on the balcony gave her vertigo.
a high sound or voice near the top range of sounds that humans can hear - use this about sounds, voices, or musical notes: · Dogs respond to sounds that are too high for humans to hear.· I was amazed that he could sing such high notes.· He mocked her by repeating what she said in a high, childish voice.
a high-pitched sound or voice is very high, and often unpleasant or annoying to listen to: · Above the music on the radio was an annoying, high-pitched whistle.· I could hear high-pitched laughter coming from the girls' bedroom.
a piercing sound or voice is very high and loud, often with the result that it is unpleasant or painful to listen to: · Sammy put his finger and thumb in his mouth and gave a piercing whistle.· Maggie let out a piercing scream as she saw the truck speeding toward her.
very high, loud, and unexpectedly sharp, often giving the person who hears it a sudden shock: · I was suddenly woken up by the shrill ringing of the telephone.· As Sophie became angry her voice got shriller.
a squeaky sound or voice makes short high sounds, especially because there is something wrong with it: · This door needs oiling - it's very squeaky.· If you have a squeaky little voice, people tend not to listen to your ideas.
music that is tinny is high and unpleasant, especially because it comes from a low quality radio or musical instrument: · The music sounded tinny through the old speakers.· As he neared the park he could hear the tinny music from Joey's radio.
a high temperature/level/cost · In summer, the temperatures can be as high as 40°C.· The city has one of the highest crime rates in the world.· Analysts are concerned about the high level of consumer debt.· Gas prices are much higher here than in other parts of the country.
getting higher than before: · Many families are struggling to keep up with the rising costs of education.rapidly rising: · Despite rapidly rising incomes, few in the country are able to afford cable TV.
getting very high, especially suddenly and quickly: · Congress seems unable or unwilling to control soaring medical costs.· A soaring 77% of college-educated women between 30 and 44 hope to have both children and a career.
to be a particular size use this to say how high, how long etc something is: · The river Nile is over 6,000 kilometres long.· In some places the path is only a couple of feet wide.
use this to say what the size of an area, object, or room is, for example, 10 metres by 5 metres means 10 metres long and 5 metres wide: · The kitchen is 4 metres by 2 metres.· The publicity photos are 8 by 10 inches.
to be a particular size, length, or amount: measure 10 metres/6 feet etc: · The tree in the backyard measures 30 feet in height.· Put the soil into a sack measuring 50 centimetres across.measure 10 m by 15 m/5 cm by 20 cm etc: · The foam seat pad measures 19 by 22 inches and is a quarter-inch thick.
if something such as a city or a forest covers a particular area, it is the same size as that area: · The building is nine stories high and covers three city blocks.· St Anne's Wood isn't very big - it only covers a few miles.
if something such as a system or type of land extends over a large area, that is the size of the area in which it is used or exists: · Rice fields extend over two-thirds of the area.· The irrigation system extends over the whole country but is difficult to maintain.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY A strange cry rang high into the night. My parents always encouraged me to aim high.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a top-ranking tennis player an abnormally high pulse rate The great bird hovered high above our heads. Prices seem absurdly low to Western tourists. She received a Grammy Award, the highest accolade in the music business. The price of wheat had reached an all-time low. a crucifix above the high altar (=the main altar in a church) At high altitudes it is difficult to get enough oxygen. The antiques will be sold to the highest bidder (=the person who offers to pay the most). The school attracts a high calibre of student. The paintings were of the highest caliber. She had high cheekbones and green eyes. Which graduates command the highest salaries? He’s suffering from dangerously high blood pressure. Private childcare is still too expensive for the average earner. the upper echelons of government Their clients are drawn from the highest echelons of society. The temperature is expected to remain in the low eighties. The critics held him in high esteem as an actor. This cheese is relatively low in fat. a low-fat diet The usual symptoms are a pink rash with a slight fever. sunny, with temperatures in the mid fifties Reform now figures high on the agenda. the world of high finance (=financial activities involving very large amounts of money) The temperature was up in the high forties. the higher frequency of diabetes in older people Dolphins produce a high frequency sound. The silverware had been polished to a high gloss. a high-school graduate her low-heeled blue shoes a high-level conference on arms control cancer screening for women over 55 and other high-risk groups high-speed Internet access Earnings hit a peak in the early 1980s. Smokers had the highest incidence of colds. a high intake of carbohydrates John showed high intelligence from an early age. There was very little likelihood of her getting the job. When viewed at high magnification, it is clear that the crystals are quite different. greater levels of magnification Fish normally have a high metabolic rate. Exercise can increase your metabolic rate. Temperatures were still in the high nineties. The journey took longer than normal. The room was piled high with boxes (=filled with a lot of boxes). You have to pitch your writing at the right level. Her voice is pitched a little too high. The pollen count was high yesterday. a high-powered engine high productivity levels in manufacturing The star has a high profile in Britain. New technology has pushed the cost of health care even higher. He ranked high among the pioneers of 20th century chemical technology. a man of high repute He was Palace’s top scorer. sunny, with temperatures in the mid seventies a fine spring day, with the temperatures in the low sixties January’s sales were slightly better than average. The price is somewhat higher than I expected. Climbing is a dangerous sport and the stakes are high. We’re playing for high stakes here. The trophy stands five feet high. a nation with a high standard of living a lawyer of high standing The toilets stank to high heaven (=stank very much). They may be taxed at a higher rate. a hot day, with temperatures in the low thirties a large store with a high throughput of goods The defendant was convicted of high treason (=treason of the worst kind) and sentenced to death. the low turn-out of 54 percent in the March elections Low pay accounts for the high turnover. a warm day, with temperatures in the low twenties Interest rates are twice as high as those of our competitors. It is taking longer than usual for orders to reach our customers. a high velocity bullet high visibility clothing Sanders gave a low whistle when he saw the contents of the box. He got a call from the factory, telling of yet more problems. Inflation had risen to a yet higher level. high-yielding crops
A strange cry rang high into the night. My parents always encouraged me to aim high. a top-ranking tennis player· a group of low ability pupils· Many of these students are of above average ability.· Children of high ability demand more absorbing tasks.
an abnormally high pulse rate The great bird hovered high above our heads. Prices seem absurdly low to Western tourists. She received a Grammy Award, the highest accolade in the music business.· New measures to combat terrorism are high on the agenda.
The price of wheat had reached an all-time low. a crucifix above the high altar (=the main altar in a church) At high altitudes it is difficult to get enough oxygen.· The patient's panic attacks are caused by acute anxiety.
· The Victoria Cross is Britain’s highest military award.
(=one of the ordinary banks that most people use)· There's a lot of competition between the major high street banks.
· There were several high bids for the painting.
The antiques will be sold to the highest bidder (=the person who offers to pay the most). (=very high)· The area is full of monstrous concrete high-rise blocks.
· She looked fabulous in a mini-skirt and knee-high boots.
(=very tall with many floors)· a New York high-rise building
The school attracts a high calibre of student. The paintings were of the highest caliber.· High-calorie foods are usually fatty.
(=contain a lot of/few calories)· Sweets and chocolates are very high in calories.
(=able to hold a lot of things or people)· There was demand for a high capacity public transport system.
(=one that gets a lot of attention)· a defense lawyer who has handled some high-profile cases
(=you have to pay a lot/a little)· His charges are too high.
She had high cheekbones and green eyes. (=more advanced ones)· There could be higher civilizations on other planets.
· The cliffs here are the highest in Britain.
(=be situated on a cliff)· An 11th century castle is perched high on the cliff.
· The weather was overcast, with heavy low clouds.
(=intelligent and with very funny conversations and situations)· The director wanted actors who could play high comedy.
Which graduates command the highest salaries? (=the best thing you can say)· The highest compliment you can pay an actor is to say they don’t look as if they are acting.
· People should stop using expensive cars with a high petrol consumption.
· They found evidence of a high correlation between drinking and violence.
(=among people at a high level in society or government)· He has promised to end high-level corruption.
· the high cost of fuel
· the risk of injury from a high-speed crash
(=for particular ages at school)
He’s suffering from dangerously high blood pressure. (=one that you take after a first degree)· He was offered a grant for a postgraduate degree.
(=a lot of people want something)· Demand for housing is higher than ever.
· A high-fibre diet is good for your health.
(=which contains a lot of something)· In the West many people eat a diet high in fat and salt.
· High doses of the drug can have bad side effects.
(=be experiencing the effects of a drug)· He committed the crime while he was high on drugs.
Private childcare is still too expensive for the average earner.· Professional people pay more tax, because of their higher earnings.
the upper echelons of government Their clients are drawn from the highest echelons of society. (=at a college or university)· I did a carpentry course at the further education college.
(=used about machines)· The diesel engine offers high efficiency and low fuel consumption.
The temperature is expected to remain in the low eighties. The critics held him in high esteem as an actor.· Greg got good grades in all of his high school exams.
· The school usually achieves good results in GCSE examinations.
(=expecting that someone or something will be successful)· Like most parents, we have high expectations for our children.
This cheese is relatively low in fat. a low-fat diet· The school fees are extremely high.
(=people have strong feelings, especially of anger)· It was the last game of the season, and feelings were running high.
The usual symptoms are a pink rash with a slight fever. sunny, with temperatures in the mid fifties· The figures are worryingly high.
Reform now figures high on the agenda. the world of high finance (=financial activities involving very large amounts of money) (=flats in a very tall building)· Many high-rise flats were built in the 1970s.
The temperature was up in the high forties. the higher frequency of diabetes in older people Dolphins produce a high frequency sound. (=third, fourth, or fifth gear)· Put the car into a higher gear.
· The young man gave a high-pitched giggle.
The silverware had been polished to a high gloss.· She got high grades in all her science subjects.
a high-school graduate her low-heeled blue shoes a high-level conference on arms control cancer screening for women over 55 and other high-risk groups high-speed Internet access Earnings hit a peak in the early 1980s. (also a lofty ideal formal)· Most politicians start out with high ideals.
Smokers had the highest incidence of colds.· He has a relatively high income.
· Inflation remained high throughout this period.
a high intake of carbohydrates John showed high intelligence from an early age.· Some inmates at the high-security jail had been wrongfully imprisoned.
(=a judge in a particular court)
(=when someone raises their foot high into the air)· The dance routine was full of high kicks.
· The level of salt in his diet was too high.
There was very little likelihood of her getting the job. (=good times and bad times) the highs and lows of an actor’s life
the highs and lows of an actor’s life When viewed at high magnification, it is clear that the crystals are quite different. greater levels of magnification Fish normally have a high metabolic rate. Exercise can increase your metabolic rate.· Morale among the staff was high.
· They both need to work full-time because their mortgage is so big.
· These mountains are much higher than any in Europe.
(=get a better job or social position – used humorously) Jeremy’s leaving the company to move on to higher things.
Jeremy’s leaving the company to move on to higher things. Temperatures were still in the high nineties. The journey took longer than normal.· There seems to be no reason for the high number of suicides.
(=people are very excited, angry, or upset)· The judge's decision is expected today and passions are running high.
· Workers demanded higher pay.
· Mount McKinley is Alaska’s highest peak.
· A high percentage of our students pass the exam.
The room was piled high with boxes (=filled with a lot of boxes). You have to pitch your writing at the right level. Her voice is pitched a little too high. (=be or happen at a particular time in the development of something)· The day of the accident marked a turning point in Kenny’s life.
· Winning the World Championship was the high point of my career.
The pollen count was high yesterday. a high-powered engine (=a lot of praise)· The film won high praise from critics and audiences alike.
· House prices in the UK are very high.
British English, bring a good, high etc price American English (=be sold for a particular amount of money)· I’m sure the painting would fetch a good price in London.
· Smokers often pay a high price in terms of their health.
(=strong beliefs about right and wrong)· Dunn's high principles and pleasant manner won him the real affection of his colleagues.
(=very important)· Right now, the environment is a high priority.
· This method of treatment has a high probability of success.
high productivity levels in manufacturing The star has a high profile in Britain. New technology has pushed the cost of health care even higher.· I was impressed that the quality of their work was so high.
· Her father had been an army officer of fairly high rank.
He ranked high among the pioneers of 20th century chemical technology.· Rates of adult illiteracy are still too high.
· You ought to switch to an account that pays a higher rate of interest.
· His previous highest approval rating was 58 percent.
· Last summer was one of the hottest on record.
· The stock market reached a record high on August 21.
· The players have a very high regard for their manager.
· Doctors are held in high regard by society.
· I had the highest regard for him.
· Rents in the city centre are very high.
a man of high repute· The rewards for those who invested at the right time are high.· Some athletes took drugs because the rewards were great and they thought they could get away with it.
· Professional sport involves a relatively high risk of injury.
(=containing more water than usual)· After the rains, the river was swollen.· The river was high and running quite swiftly.
· She moved to a job with a higher salary.
British English (=in shops in towns and cities)· Last month saw record high-street sales.
· Peasants managed their land as skilfully as some people higher up the social scale.
American English (=a school for students aged 14 to 18)
He was Palace’s top scorer. (=with a very high sound)· The sound of gunfire mingled with the shrill screams of the injured.
(=search everywhere)· We searched high and low for him, but couldn’t find him.
sunny, with temperatures in the mid seventies· You can’t walk round town all day in high-heeled shoes!
a fine spring day, with the temperatures in the low sixties January’s sales were slightly better than average. The price is somewhat higher than I expected.· The train was travelling at high speed.
(=used when saying that someone is happy and excited)· The players were all in high spirits.
Climbing is a dangerous sport and the stakes are high. We’re playing for high stakes here. The trophy stands five feet high.· The standard of their work was generally very high.
a nation with a high standard of living a lawyer of high standing· They were men of high status and great influence.
· Landowners had superior status.
(also enjoy high/low status)· Here, old people are respected and have high social status.
The toilets stank to high heaven (=stank very much).· The expansion plan is a high-risk strategy.
British English (=the main street with shops)· I bought this coat at a shop on the high street.
American English· Her son is a high school student.
(=the middle of summer)· In high summer, food was plentiful.
· They walked until the sun was low in the sky.
(=involving important people)· The announcement came after a morning of high-level talks.
· The targets they have set themselves are hugely ambitious.
· Higher taxes will slow down consumer spending.
They may be taxed at a higher rate.· high definition television channels
· At high temperatures water is not able to hold as much oxygen.
· There was a moment of high tension as the firemen entered the burning building.
· After the election, political tension remains high.
a hot day, with temperatures in the low thirties· Professional football players have a pretty high pain threshold.
a large store with a high throughput of goods· At high tide the island is completely cut off.
The defendant was convicted of high treason (=treason of the worst kind) and sentenced to death. the low turn-out of 54 percent in the March elections Low pay accounts for the high turnover. a warm day, with temperatures in the low twenties Interest rates are twice as high as those of our competitors.· They live in an area where unemployment is high.
It is taking longer than usual for orders to reach our customers.· You should insure any goods of high value.
· Our society places a high value on education.
a high velocity bullet high visibility clothing (=near the top of the range of sounds)· They used to repeat her words in silly high voices.
· The factory workers are demanding higher wages.
Sanders gave a low whistle when he saw the contents of the box. (=strong wind)· High winds are making driving conditions difficult.
He got a call from the factory, telling of yet more problems. Inflation had risen to a yet higher level. high-yielding cropsPHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► high-backed/straight-backed/low-backed etc► blow something sky-high► high-collared/open-collared/fur-collared etc► in high dudgeon► exact a high/heavy price► the high jump► high-pressure sales/selling methods etc► throw something into high relief► the high seas► the high street► have high/great hopes for somebody/something► be high/low on a list (of something)► join the mile high club► of a high order/of the highest order► ridge of high pressure► blow something sky-high
- Between breakups the continents stood high and dry.
- But at Hereford, the oil level had been allowed to drop, leaving the probe high and dry.
- It is profitable, but it leaves the comic muse high and dry.
- Otherwise, a drop in the water level might leave boaters high and dry and give property owners mudflat views.
- Some crews actually rope cell phones down to high and dry rock climbers to get information.
- The pirates left us high and dry!
- Unfortunately, instead of being integrated in a general hospital as planned, the wing will now be left high and dry.
- When Matt married Inez I was left high and dry.
- We looked high and low for Sandy but couldn't find her.
- He had searched high and low for these.
- Throughout her letters, Clappe was searching high and low for a room of her own.
- You say you have looked high and low for new building sites but let me tell you there are some.
- The Rams are flying high after winning the Super Bowl.
- He was now on to the mid-irons and these were flying high and true.
- I was always happy to be flying high.
- Like the other Salomon executives, Massey was flying high in 1985 on the back of a series of record earning quarters.
- Bowen had friends in high places, and managed to raise large sums of money from the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations.
- He won't lose his job -- he has plenty of friends in high places.
- I just happened to have friends in high places, who could arrange things like meetings with the mayor.
- The Achym family had friends in high places, including the powerful Lord Burghley, and were allowed to return.
- But Tony and his colleagues have friends in high places.
- We have friends in high places, they said.
- Come hell or high water, he'd never missed a race and he wasn't going to miss this one.
- I'll be there in time. Don't worry. Come hell or high water.
- I said I'd do it, so I will, come hell or high water.
- My father felt I should stay in my marriage come hell or high water.
- She'd come this far to say her piece and say it she would, come hell or high water.
- And it's all about: Who is for the high jump in Rome?
- He'd be for the high jump, as usual.
- The high-performance cars are strictly for the racetrack ... and the message is, going too fast on the roads can kill.
- Under the month-long offer, basic models will be £200 cheaper, with the maximum discount on high-performance cars.
- Daley has taken the high road in his campaign, trying to ignore Merriam's attacks.
- Instead, I decided to take the high road.
- Read in studio Still to come on Central News, taking the high road.
- She was at least making the attempt to take the high road, only to run into a dead end.
- Monday, during a high-speed chase through the streets of the Baja California state capital.
- The high-speed chase began after police spotted the gang with the stolen vehicles at the M1 Woodhall Services near Sheffield.
- They include high-speed chases through densely packed suburban areas, filmed from the air by helicopters.
- Take the walk along the Humber Bridge with the wind nagging the high-tension cables.
- The Kinner field almost qualified; it had two sets of high-tension wires on its eastern perimeter.
- Even when she was knee-high to a grasshopper.
- They've been living high on the hog since Jim got the money from his aunt.
- Expect him to finish the season on a higher mark.
- Job sharers scored high marks on problem solving, team work and flexibility and demonstrated greater resilience in the face of setbacks.
- Newhome sales were slightly below the high marks of the late 1970s.
- She also gives high marks to manager Dusty Baker.
- The company received fairly high marks in Clark County, where it began managing mental health services in January 1996.
- The formula attains a high mark when a diversity of variables is woven into a unified design.
- This is how to do it - and earn high marks!
- Some corporations have seized the moral high ground.
- Television is therefore seen to be taking the moral high ground, the side of the punter against the forces of evil.
- All I can say to that is that I have a higher opinion of your judgement than he has.
- He did not, in any case, have a high opinion of Santayana - an animus which Santayana reciprocated towards Eliot.
- Politicians generally have a low opinion of the press, just as the press generally has a low opinion of lawmakers.
- She does not seem to have a high opinion of married life.
- It provides a high profile and public relations for the city.
- Luria and Nordin have a high profile in the arts community.
- Mechanics on the entirely separate test group work even harder than their counterparts with a higher profile on the race team.
- Still, I was determined to cash in on my success and maintain a high profile at the ground.
- The Central Freeway campaign represents a broader issue with a higher profile.
- The next extracts provide some explanation of the social context which gave this distinction such a high profile.
- This coming year, health and safety issues will enjoy an even higher profile.
- With his group the Daintees, he was a high profile act with a major record company until quite recently.
- A booming hearty from the higher reaches of Personnel fills our glasses and remembers nearly everyone's name.
- A clutch of them have clawed their way to the higher reaches of educational administration.
- But in the higher reaches of the Yorkshire Dales, there is nowhere to hide.
- Councillor Enderby had all the fluency of a life spent in the lower reaches of local government.
- It became a rough bridleway, leading through a series of gates on to the lower reaches of moorland.
- Quality flounder from the lower reaches of Poole harbour.
- She could either turn round, or brazen her way past the pressmen to the lower reaches of the parkland.
- There's many more like them, and not just in the lower reaches of the Football League.
- Before Saturday's defeat, the Broncos had been riding high.
- Blackpool are riding high in Division Four, while United have slowly sunk down the table.
- By the summer of 1945, the Allies were riding high.
- The Agnelli family, which owns almost 40% of the company, was riding high.
- The salary cap was not in place when Jimmy was riding high in Dallas.
- Travolta, who is riding high in Hollywood, takes a minor career risk by playing a villain.
- Actual monthly charges often run higher, however, because on-line services charge more for extra hours of use.
- All day Saturday, tensions ran high as the president alternated intense cabinet meetings with bouts of seclusion.
- And moral outrage at the use of simple expedients can still run high.
- At that news, excitement among scientists ran high.
- Buyer interest in Pebble Beach has always run high.
- Later bravado runs high to disguise their feelings and some of them exploit the situation for gain.
- People seem confused, tensions run high, and constant crisis is a fact of organizational life.
- The courts served as a safety-valve, acting as an alternative to violence when emotions ran high.
- Also on the small side is the 14-gallon fuel tank.
- Both versions have the same size fuel tank, which, at 14. 5 gallons, is on the small side.
- Burned by that experience, chip forecasters prepared their 1996 forecasts on the high side.
- For political reasons, these estimates are on the high side.
- The bedrooms, though on the small side, have recently been completed refurbished in sophisticated style.
- The clams and mussels-four of each-are on the small side, but flavorful.
- The little one's a bit on the small side.
- The only complaint we had with the shoe was the weight - it's on the heavy side.
- But commander-in-chief Douglas MacArthur wanted to play for higher stakes.
- Especially when the players themselves happily accept the high stakes for which they play, gambling with their bodies.
- He found Zacco lightly intoxicated, and playing dice for high stakes among a circle of friends.
- I have relatively high stakes in conformity - I happen to have done fairly well out of it.
- It was the highest stakes ever.
- Of course much depends on how the current high stakes budget negotiations play out.
- The higher stakes have increased the temptation to overload the inflatable speedboats, called Zodiacs.
- You thought you'd play - for higher stakes than those he was offering.
- Simon's stock is high in the network news business.
- And that was a peculiar job from that point of view, because it included an unusually large number of fifty-dollar bills.
- Chang felt that the surface, which offered an unusually high bounce for an indoor court, suited a baseliner like himself.
- Fortunately it was an unusually quiet day at the surgery.
- Nevertheless, we had all noticed that for the past week Loi had been unusually quiet.
- Nor can local suspicions that the incidence of cancer is unusually high be calmed or confirmed.
- These energetic measures produced unusually large sums.
- Video-Tape, no voice over SWINDON/Wiltshire A spokesman said the workload is unusually high for the time of year.
- But it was a misreading to suppose that the vote then marked the high water mark on the issue.
- My father felt I should stay in my marriage come hell or high water.
- The chief drawback to small-scale silage-making is the extra physical work involved in handling the green crop with its high water content.
- They currently pay some of the highest water charges in the country.
- They hugged the shore, Clayt pulling hard on the wheel at unseen shoals, flying over low water.
- They said high water levels in the Sacramento delta, which spills into the San Francisco Bay, were also worrisome.
- Throughout November and December a few big cod can be taken over low water from the end of the sandbar on night tides.
- Why are current city water users subsidizing this madness with higher water rates?
- Penal Policy in a Changing Society stands as the high watermark of what later became known as the treatment model.
- Penal Policy in a Changing Society stands as the high watermark of what later became known as the treatment model.
WORD FAMILYnounHighnesshighadverbhighhighlyadjectivehigh
1above the ground at or to a level high above the ground, the floor etc OPP low: He kicked the ball high into the air, over the heads of the crowd.high above/into etc Hotel Miramar is situated high above the bay. A ski lift whisks you high into the mountains.2value/cost/amount at or to a high value, cost, amount etc OPP low: If prices shoot up any higher, no one will be able to afford to live in the area. Tom scored higher than anyone else in the class.3sound with a high sound: A strange cry rang high into the night.4achievement at or to a high rank or level of achievement, especially within a company OPP low: It seems that the higher you rise, the less time you have to actually do your job. My parents always encouraged me to aim high.5(leave somebody/something) high and dry a)if someone is left high and dry, they are left without any help or without the things that they need b)if a boat, area etc is left high and dry, it is left on land because the water that surrounded it has gone down: The once-thriving port of Rye was left high and dry as sea levels retreated.6look/search high and low to try to find someone or something by looking everywhere: We looked high and low for Sandy but couldn’t find her. → hold your head high at hold1(16), → live high on the hog at live1(26), → be riding high at ride1(6), → run high at run1(28)high1 adjectivehigh2 adverbhigh3 noun
highhigh3 ●○○ noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Highs today were in the mid-90's.
- The high she got from cocaine never lasted.
- The price of oil reached a new high this week.
- But the feeling was different from any high or excitement I had felt before.
- By junior high, she knew she wanted to play college ball.
- I was on such a high.
- It has shed more than 200 points since reaching an all-time high of 5, 689. 74 on April 3.
- The past year has been a rollercoaster one for the royals with a few highs followed by lots of depressing lows.
- With the right company, certainly the stock should hit new highs with the next bull market.
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acid, nounaddict, nounaddicted, adjectiveaddiction, nounaddictive, adjectiveamphetamine, nounbong, nouncannabis, nounclean, adjectivecocaine, nouncoke, nouncold turkey, nouncontrolled substance, nouncrack, nouncut, verbdeal, verbdealer, noundesigner drug, noundetox, noundetoxification, noundope, noundope, verbdopehead, noundowner, noundrug, noundrug addict, noundrug baron, noundrug czar, noundrug dealer, noundruggie, noundrug rehabilitation, noundrug runner, nounecstasy, nounfix, nounganja, noungear, nounglue-sniffing, noungrass, nounhallucinogen, nounhallucinogenic, adjectivehard, adjectivehard drugs, nounhash, nounhashish, nounhemp, nounheroin, nounhigh, adjectivehigh, nounhippie, nounhit, nounjoint, nounjunkie, nounline, nounLSD, nounmagic mushroom, nounmainline, verbmarijuana, nounmescaline, nounmethadone, nounmule, nounnarc, nounnarcotic, adjectiveneedle, nounOD, verbopiate, nounopium, nounoverdose, nounpeddler, nounpep pill, nounpot, nounpsychedelic, adjectivepush, verbpusher, nounrecovery program, nounreefer, nounrehab, nounroach, nounscore, verbshooting gallery, nounsmack, nounsmoke, nounsniff, verbsnort, verbsnort, nounsnow, nounsoft drug, nounsolvent abuse, nounspeed, nounstash, nounsteroid, nounstoned, adjectivestrung-out, adjectivesubstance abuse, nountab, nountake, verbtrafficking, nountrip, nountrip, verbuse, verbwasted, adjectiveweed, nounwithdrawal, nounwithdrawal symptoms, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The price of oil reached a new high this week. They’re bound to be on a high after such an incredible victory. the emotional highs and lows of a new romanceCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a top-ranking tennis player an abnormally high pulse rate The great bird hovered high above our heads. Prices seem absurdly low to Western tourists. She received a Grammy Award, the highest accolade in the music business. The price of wheat had reached an all-time low. a crucifix above the high altar (=the main altar in a church) At high altitudes it is difficult to get enough oxygen. The antiques will be sold to the highest bidder (=the person who offers to pay the most). The school attracts a high calibre of student. The paintings were of the highest caliber. She had high cheekbones and green eyes. Which graduates command the highest salaries? He’s suffering from dangerously high blood pressure. Private childcare is still too expensive for the average earner. the upper echelons of government Their clients are drawn from the highest echelons of society. The temperature is expected to remain in the low eighties. The critics held him in high esteem as an actor. This cheese is relatively low in fat. a low-fat diet The usual symptoms are a pink rash with a slight fever. sunny, with temperatures in the mid fifties Reform now figures high on the agenda. the world of high finance (=financial activities involving very large amounts of money) The temperature was up in the high forties. the higher frequency of diabetes in older people Dolphins produce a high frequency sound. The silverware had been polished to a high gloss. a high-school graduate her low-heeled blue shoes a high-level conference on arms control cancer screening for women over 55 and other high-risk groups high-speed Internet access Earnings hit a peak in the early 1980s. Smokers had the highest incidence of colds. a high intake of carbohydrates John showed high intelligence from an early age. There was very little likelihood of her getting the job. When viewed at high magnification, it is clear that the crystals are quite different. greater levels of magnification Fish normally have a high metabolic rate. Exercise can increase your metabolic rate. Temperatures were still in the high nineties. The journey took longer than normal. The room was piled high with boxes (=filled with a lot of boxes). You have to pitch your writing at the right level. Her voice is pitched a little too high. The pollen count was high yesterday. a high-powered engine high productivity levels in manufacturing The star has a high profile in Britain. New technology has pushed the cost of health care even higher. He ranked high among the pioneers of 20th century chemical technology. a man of high repute He was Palace’s top scorer. sunny, with temperatures in the mid seventies a fine spring day, with the temperatures in the low sixties January’s sales were slightly better than average. The price is somewhat higher than I expected. Climbing is a dangerous sport and the stakes are high. We’re playing for high stakes here. The trophy stands five feet high. a nation with a high standard of living a lawyer of high standing The toilets stank to high heaven (=stank very much). They may be taxed at a higher rate. a hot day, with temperatures in the low thirties a large store with a high throughput of goods The defendant was convicted of high treason (=treason of the worst kind) and sentenced to death. the low turn-out of 54 percent in the March elections Low pay accounts for the high turnover. a warm day, with temperatures in the low twenties Interest rates are twice as high as those of our competitors. It is taking longer than usual for orders to reach our customers. a high velocity bullet high visibility clothing Sanders gave a low whistle when he saw the contents of the box. He got a call from the factory, telling of yet more problems. Inflation had risen to a yet higher level. high-yielding cropsCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
The price of oil reached a new high this week. They’re bound to be on a high after such an incredible victory. the emotional highs and lows of a new romance a top-ranking tennis player· a group of low ability pupils· Many of these students are of above average ability.· Children of high ability demand more absorbing tasks.
an abnormally high pulse rate The great bird hovered high above our heads. Prices seem absurdly low to Western tourists. She received a Grammy Award, the highest accolade in the music business.· New measures to combat terrorism are high on the agenda.
The price of wheat had reached an all-time low. a crucifix above the high altar (=the main altar in a church) At high altitudes it is difficult to get enough oxygen.· The patient's panic attacks are caused by acute anxiety.
· The Victoria Cross is Britain’s highest military award.
(=one of the ordinary banks that most people use)· There's a lot of competition between the major high street banks.
· There were several high bids for the painting.
The antiques will be sold to the highest bidder (=the person who offers to pay the most). (=very high)· The area is full of monstrous concrete high-rise blocks.
· She looked fabulous in a mini-skirt and knee-high boots.
(=very tall with many floors)· a New York high-rise building
The school attracts a high calibre of student. The paintings were of the highest caliber.· High-calorie foods are usually fatty.
(=contain a lot of/few calories)· Sweets and chocolates are very high in calories.
(=able to hold a lot of things or people)· There was demand for a high capacity public transport system.
(=one that gets a lot of attention)· a defense lawyer who has handled some high-profile cases
(=you have to pay a lot/a little)· His charges are too high.
She had high cheekbones and green eyes. (=more advanced ones)· There could be higher civilizations on other planets.
· The cliffs here are the highest in Britain.
(=be situated on a cliff)· An 11th century castle is perched high on the cliff.
· The weather was overcast, with heavy low clouds.
(=intelligent and with very funny conversations and situations)· The director wanted actors who could play high comedy.
Which graduates command the highest salaries? (=the best thing you can say)· The highest compliment you can pay an actor is to say they don’t look as if they are acting.
· People should stop using expensive cars with a high petrol consumption.
· They found evidence of a high correlation between drinking and violence.
(=among people at a high level in society or government)· He has promised to end high-level corruption.
· the high cost of fuel
· the risk of injury from a high-speed crash
(=for particular ages at school)
He’s suffering from dangerously high blood pressure. (=one that you take after a first degree)· He was offered a grant for a postgraduate degree.
(=a lot of people want something)· Demand for housing is higher than ever.
· A high-fibre diet is good for your health.
(=which contains a lot of something)· In the West many people eat a diet high in fat and salt.
· High doses of the drug can have bad side effects.
(=be experiencing the effects of a drug)· He committed the crime while he was high on drugs.
Private childcare is still too expensive for the average earner.· Professional people pay more tax, because of their higher earnings.
the upper echelons of government Their clients are drawn from the highest echelons of society. (=at a college or university)· I did a carpentry course at the further education college.
(=used about machines)· The diesel engine offers high efficiency and low fuel consumption.
The temperature is expected to remain in the low eighties. The critics held him in high esteem as an actor.· Greg got good grades in all of his high school exams.
· The school usually achieves good results in GCSE examinations.
(=expecting that someone or something will be successful)· Like most parents, we have high expectations for our children.
This cheese is relatively low in fat. a low-fat diet· The school fees are extremely high.
(=people have strong feelings, especially of anger)· It was the last game of the season, and feelings were running high.
The usual symptoms are a pink rash with a slight fever. sunny, with temperatures in the mid fifties· The figures are worryingly high.
Reform now figures high on the agenda. the world of high finance (=financial activities involving very large amounts of money) (=flats in a very tall building)· Many high-rise flats were built in the 1970s.
The temperature was up in the high forties. the higher frequency of diabetes in older people Dolphins produce a high frequency sound. (=third, fourth, or fifth gear)· Put the car into a higher gear.
· The young man gave a high-pitched giggle.
The silverware had been polished to a high gloss.· She got high grades in all her science subjects.
a high-school graduate her low-heeled blue shoes a high-level conference on arms control cancer screening for women over 55 and other high-risk groups high-speed Internet access Earnings hit a peak in the early 1980s. (also a lofty ideal formal)· Most politicians start out with high ideals.
Smokers had the highest incidence of colds.· He has a relatively high income.
· Inflation remained high throughout this period.
a high intake of carbohydrates John showed high intelligence from an early age.· Some inmates at the high-security jail had been wrongfully imprisoned.
(=a judge in a particular court)
(=when someone raises their foot high into the air)· The dance routine was full of high kicks.
· The level of salt in his diet was too high.
There was very little likelihood of her getting the job. (=good times and bad times) the highs and lows of an actor’s life
the highs and lows of an actor’s life When viewed at high magnification, it is clear that the crystals are quite different. greater levels of magnification Fish normally have a high metabolic rate. Exercise can increase your metabolic rate.· Morale among the staff was high.
· They both need to work full-time because their mortgage is so big.
· These mountains are much higher than any in Europe.
(=get a better job or social position – used humorously) Jeremy’s leaving the company to move on to higher things.
Jeremy’s leaving the company to move on to higher things. Temperatures were still in the high nineties. The journey took longer than normal.· There seems to be no reason for the high number of suicides.
(=people are very excited, angry, or upset)· The judge's decision is expected today and passions are running high.
· Workers demanded higher pay.
· Mount McKinley is Alaska’s highest peak.
· A high percentage of our students pass the exam.
The room was piled high with boxes (=filled with a lot of boxes). You have to pitch your writing at the right level. Her voice is pitched a little too high. (=be or happen at a particular time in the development of something)· The day of the accident marked a turning point in Kenny’s life.
· Winning the World Championship was the high point of my career.
The pollen count was high yesterday. a high-powered engine (=a lot of praise)· The film won high praise from critics and audiences alike.
· House prices in the UK are very high.
British English, bring a good, high etc price American English (=be sold for a particular amount of money)· I’m sure the painting would fetch a good price in London.
· Smokers often pay a high price in terms of their health.
(=strong beliefs about right and wrong)· Dunn's high principles and pleasant manner won him the real affection of his colleagues.
(=very important)· Right now, the environment is a high priority.
· This method of treatment has a high probability of success.
high productivity levels in manufacturing The star has a high profile in Britain. New technology has pushed the cost of health care even higher.· I was impressed that the quality of their work was so high.
· Her father had been an army officer of fairly high rank.
He ranked high among the pioneers of 20th century chemical technology.· Rates of adult illiteracy are still too high.
· You ought to switch to an account that pays a higher rate of interest.
· His previous highest approval rating was 58 percent.
· Last summer was one of the hottest on record.
· The stock market reached a record high on August 21.
· The players have a very high regard for their manager.
· Doctors are held in high regard by society.
· I had the highest regard for him.
· Rents in the city centre are very high.
a man of high repute· The rewards for those who invested at the right time are high.· Some athletes took drugs because the rewards were great and they thought they could get away with it.
· Professional sport involves a relatively high risk of injury.
(=containing more water than usual)· After the rains, the river was swollen.· The river was high and running quite swiftly.
· She moved to a job with a higher salary.
British English (=in shops in towns and cities)· Last month saw record high-street sales.
· Peasants managed their land as skilfully as some people higher up the social scale.
American English (=a school for students aged 14 to 18)
He was Palace’s top scorer. (=with a very high sound)· The sound of gunfire mingled with the shrill screams of the injured.
(=search everywhere)· We searched high and low for him, but couldn’t find him.
sunny, with temperatures in the mid seventies· You can’t walk round town all day in high-heeled shoes!
a fine spring day, with the temperatures in the low sixties January’s sales were slightly better than average. The price is somewhat higher than I expected.· The train was travelling at high speed.
(=used when saying that someone is happy and excited)· The players were all in high spirits.
Climbing is a dangerous sport and the stakes are high. We’re playing for high stakes here. The trophy stands five feet high.· The standard of their work was generally very high.
a nation with a high standard of living a lawyer of high standing· They were men of high status and great influence.
· Landowners had superior status.
(also enjoy high/low status)· Here, old people are respected and have high social status.
The toilets stank to high heaven (=stank very much).· The expansion plan is a high-risk strategy.
British English (=the main street with shops)· I bought this coat at a shop on the high street.
American English· Her son is a high school student.
(=the middle of summer)· In high summer, food was plentiful.
· They walked until the sun was low in the sky.
(=involving important people)· The announcement came after a morning of high-level talks.
· The targets they have set themselves are hugely ambitious.
· Higher taxes will slow down consumer spending.
They may be taxed at a higher rate.· high definition television channels
· At high temperatures water is not able to hold as much oxygen.
· There was a moment of high tension as the firemen entered the burning building.
· After the election, political tension remains high.
a hot day, with temperatures in the low thirties· Professional football players have a pretty high pain threshold.
a large store with a high throughput of goods· At high tide the island is completely cut off.
The defendant was convicted of high treason (=treason of the worst kind) and sentenced to death. the low turn-out of 54 percent in the March elections Low pay accounts for the high turnover. a warm day, with temperatures in the low twenties Interest rates are twice as high as those of our competitors.· They live in an area where unemployment is high.
It is taking longer than usual for orders to reach our customers.· You should insure any goods of high value.
· Our society places a high value on education.
a high velocity bullet high visibility clothing (=near the top of the range of sounds)· They used to repeat her words in silly high voices.
· The factory workers are demanding higher wages.
Sanders gave a low whistle when he saw the contents of the box. (=strong wind)· High winds are making driving conditions difficult.
He got a call from the factory, telling of yet more problems. Inflation had risen to a yet higher level. high-yielding crops· At first it feels like high school, then junior high, and finally grade school.· It stays together throughout the students' two junior high and four high school years at Thayer.· In junior high I worked on the school newspaper and made cartoons.· By junior high, she knew she wanted to play college ball.· At this point, going to junior high is expensive enough.· Before long, the junior highs were competing for students.
· Nicosia: The Cisco index closed at a new high of 185.6, a gain of 2.1 points on the week.· The Dow is reaching new highs, but small-company stocks are in a slump.· Each month during 1991 saw average ozone levels reach new highs.· It gained 1 1 / 8 to 68 1 / 2 and established a new 52-week high at 69 during the day.· Competition has hit a new high with many attractive offers in the run-up to Christmas.· With the right company, certainly the stock should hit new highs with the next bull market.· It was the third time this season that Strickland reached a new high.· Each time, the stocks rallied to new highs.
· That would surpass its previous high of $ 13. 375.· The previous high was 12 retirements in 1896.· After plunging to the bottom three years ago, housing prices in 94109 skyrocketed nearly 80 percent to also surpass previous highs.· The previous high was $ 2. 1 billion the previous year.
· The Dow Jones industrial average dashed toward record highs.· After teetering at record highs for weeks, the market plunged 171 points Friday on news that suggested inflation was heating up.· Shares reached a record high of 44 3 / 4 on Dec. 5.· Both indexes have closed at record highs for seven straight sessions.· Property-casualty stocks have soared to record highs, more than doubling the explosion enjoyed by the Dow-Jones Industrial Averages in 1985.· The index hit a record high of 1939. 6 on Jan. 3.
VERB· It was only a month ago that the index hit a post crash high of 2,423.9.· With the right company, certainly the stock should hit new highs with the next bull market.· Johannesburg hit a record high, ending 0.2% up.· Datatec's share price had a rollercoaster ride last year, it hit a high of R146 in March.· The contract hit a high of 101. 23 earlier.· Lead experienced the biggest swing, hitting a ten-year high of £800 a tonne in March.· The shares hit a high of $ 36. 75 last year.
· Each month during 1991 saw average ozone levels reach new highs.· The dollar also reached an intraday high of 1. 4583 marks.· The Dow is reaching new highs, but small-company stocks are in a slump.· Shares reached a record high of 44 3 / 4 on Dec. 5.· It was the third time this season that Strickland reached a new high.· It has shed more than 200 points since reaching an all-time high of 5, 689. 74 on April 3.· The shares reached a 52-week high of 69 intraday.· The market started off the year fairly well, reaching its 12-month high of 10695 in February.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► on highPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► high-backed/straight-backed/low-backed etc► blow something sky-high► high-collared/open-collared/fur-collared etc► in high dudgeon► exact a high/heavy price► the high jump► high-pressure sales/selling methods etc► throw something into high relief► the high seas► the high street► have high/great hopes for somebody/something► be high/low on a list (of something)► join the mile high club► of a high order/of the highest order► ridge of high pressure► blow something sky-high
- The advice from on high convinced Dustin to stay in school.
- A sudden radiance from on high fell on the two and made them look up.
- Also, everyone in a centralized organization gets conditioned to standing around and waiting for orders to come from on high.
- But a view from on high is not the most accurate.
- Directives come from on high, and the entire process is remote and out of reach.
- The people aren't being instructed from on high about their national interests.
- Then sharp words from on high were whispered in youthful ears.
- Was the word from on high that all plans for release had been shelved?
- The Rams are flying high after winning the Super Bowl.
- He was now on to the mid-irons and these were flying high and true.
- I was always happy to be flying high.
- Like the other Salomon executives, Massey was flying high in 1985 on the back of a series of record earning quarters.
- Bowen had friends in high places, and managed to raise large sums of money from the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations.
- He won't lose his job -- he has plenty of friends in high places.
- I just happened to have friends in high places, who could arrange things like meetings with the mayor.
- The Achym family had friends in high places, including the powerful Lord Burghley, and were allowed to return.
- But Tony and his colleagues have friends in high places.
- We have friends in high places, they said.
- Come hell or high water, he'd never missed a race and he wasn't going to miss this one.
- I'll be there in time. Don't worry. Come hell or high water.
- I said I'd do it, so I will, come hell or high water.
- My father felt I should stay in my marriage come hell or high water.
- She'd come this far to say her piece and say it she would, come hell or high water.
- And it's all about: Who is for the high jump in Rome?
- He'd be for the high jump, as usual.
- The high-performance cars are strictly for the racetrack ... and the message is, going too fast on the roads can kill.
- Under the month-long offer, basic models will be £200 cheaper, with the maximum discount on high-performance cars.
- Daley has taken the high road in his campaign, trying to ignore Merriam's attacks.
- Instead, I decided to take the high road.
- Read in studio Still to come on Central News, taking the high road.
- She was at least making the attempt to take the high road, only to run into a dead end.
- Monday, during a high-speed chase through the streets of the Baja California state capital.
- The high-speed chase began after police spotted the gang with the stolen vehicles at the M1 Woodhall Services near Sheffield.
- They include high-speed chases through densely packed suburban areas, filmed from the air by helicopters.
- Take the walk along the Humber Bridge with the wind nagging the high-tension cables.
- The Kinner field almost qualified; it had two sets of high-tension wires on its eastern perimeter.
- Even when she was knee-high to a grasshopper.
- They've been living high on the hog since Jim got the money from his aunt.
- Expect him to finish the season on a higher mark.
- Job sharers scored high marks on problem solving, team work and flexibility and demonstrated greater resilience in the face of setbacks.
- Newhome sales were slightly below the high marks of the late 1970s.
- She also gives high marks to manager Dusty Baker.
- The company received fairly high marks in Clark County, where it began managing mental health services in January 1996.
- The formula attains a high mark when a diversity of variables is woven into a unified design.
- This is how to do it - and earn high marks!
- Some corporations have seized the moral high ground.
- Television is therefore seen to be taking the moral high ground, the side of the punter against the forces of evil.
- All I can say to that is that I have a higher opinion of your judgement than he has.
- He did not, in any case, have a high opinion of Santayana - an animus which Santayana reciprocated towards Eliot.
- Politicians generally have a low opinion of the press, just as the press generally has a low opinion of lawmakers.
- She does not seem to have a high opinion of married life.
- It provides a high profile and public relations for the city.
- Luria and Nordin have a high profile in the arts community.
- Mechanics on the entirely separate test group work even harder than their counterparts with a higher profile on the race team.
- Still, I was determined to cash in on my success and maintain a high profile at the ground.
- The Central Freeway campaign represents a broader issue with a higher profile.
- The next extracts provide some explanation of the social context which gave this distinction such a high profile.
- This coming year, health and safety issues will enjoy an even higher profile.
- With his group the Daintees, he was a high profile act with a major record company until quite recently.
- A booming hearty from the higher reaches of Personnel fills our glasses and remembers nearly everyone's name.
- A clutch of them have clawed their way to the higher reaches of educational administration.
- But in the higher reaches of the Yorkshire Dales, there is nowhere to hide.
- Councillor Enderby had all the fluency of a life spent in the lower reaches of local government.
- It became a rough bridleway, leading through a series of gates on to the lower reaches of moorland.
- Quality flounder from the lower reaches of Poole harbour.
- She could either turn round, or brazen her way past the pressmen to the lower reaches of the parkland.
- There's many more like them, and not just in the lower reaches of the Football League.
- Before Saturday's defeat, the Broncos had been riding high.
- Blackpool are riding high in Division Four, while United have slowly sunk down the table.
- By the summer of 1945, the Allies were riding high.
- The Agnelli family, which owns almost 40% of the company, was riding high.
- The salary cap was not in place when Jimmy was riding high in Dallas.
- Travolta, who is riding high in Hollywood, takes a minor career risk by playing a villain.
- Actual monthly charges often run higher, however, because on-line services charge more for extra hours of use.
- All day Saturday, tensions ran high as the president alternated intense cabinet meetings with bouts of seclusion.
- And moral outrage at the use of simple expedients can still run high.
- At that news, excitement among scientists ran high.
- Buyer interest in Pebble Beach has always run high.
- Later bravado runs high to disguise their feelings and some of them exploit the situation for gain.
- People seem confused, tensions run high, and constant crisis is a fact of organizational life.
- The courts served as a safety-valve, acting as an alternative to violence when emotions ran high.
- Also on the small side is the 14-gallon fuel tank.
- Both versions have the same size fuel tank, which, at 14. 5 gallons, is on the small side.
- Burned by that experience, chip forecasters prepared their 1996 forecasts on the high side.
- For political reasons, these estimates are on the high side.
- The bedrooms, though on the small side, have recently been completed refurbished in sophisticated style.
- The clams and mussels-four of each-are on the small side, but flavorful.
- The little one's a bit on the small side.
- The only complaint we had with the shoe was the weight - it's on the heavy side.
- But commander-in-chief Douglas MacArthur wanted to play for higher stakes.
- Especially when the players themselves happily accept the high stakes for which they play, gambling with their bodies.
- He found Zacco lightly intoxicated, and playing dice for high stakes among a circle of friends.
- I have relatively high stakes in conformity - I happen to have done fairly well out of it.
- It was the highest stakes ever.
- Of course much depends on how the current high stakes budget negotiations play out.
- The higher stakes have increased the temptation to overload the inflatable speedboats, called Zodiacs.
- You thought you'd play - for higher stakes than those he was offering.
- Simon's stock is high in the network news business.
- And that was a peculiar job from that point of view, because it included an unusually large number of fifty-dollar bills.
- Chang felt that the surface, which offered an unusually high bounce for an indoor court, suited a baseliner like himself.
- Fortunately it was an unusually quiet day at the surgery.
- Nevertheless, we had all noticed that for the past week Loi had been unusually quiet.
- Nor can local suspicions that the incidence of cancer is unusually high be calmed or confirmed.
- These energetic measures produced unusually large sums.
- Video-Tape, no voice over SWINDON/Wiltshire A spokesman said the workload is unusually high for the time of year.
- But it was a misreading to suppose that the vote then marked the high water mark on the issue.
- My father felt I should stay in my marriage come hell or high water.
- The chief drawback to small-scale silage-making is the extra physical work involved in handling the green crop with its high water content.
- They currently pay some of the highest water charges in the country.
- They hugged the shore, Clayt pulling hard on the wheel at unseen shoals, flying over low water.
- They said high water levels in the Sacramento delta, which spills into the San Francisco Bay, were also worrisome.
- Throughout November and December a few big cod can be taken over low water from the end of the sandbar on night tides.
- Why are current city water users subsidizing this madness with higher water rates?
- Penal Policy in a Changing Society stands as the high watermark of what later became known as the treatment model.
- Penal Policy in a Changing Society stands as the high watermark of what later became known as the treatment model.
WORD FAMILYnounHighnesshighadverbhighhighlyadjectivehigh
1number/amount the highest price, number, temperature etc that has ever been recorded, or that has been recorded within a particular period of time: Highs of 40°C were recorded in the region last summer.a new/record/ten-year etc high The price of oil reached a new high this week.2excitement informal a feeling of great happiness or excitement: They’re bound to be on a high after such an incredible victory. the emotional highs and lows of a new romance3drugs a feeling of pleasure or excitement produced by some drugs4weather an area of high pressure that affects the weather5school a short form of high school, used in the name of a school: Benjamin Franklin High6from on high from someone in a position of authority – used humorously: An order came from on high.7on high formal a)at a high temperature as measured by an electric oven etc: Microwave on high for eight minutes. b)formal in a high place or heaven: An angel came from on high.