heightnoun [ C or U ]
uk/haɪt/us/haɪt/B1 the distance from the top to the bottom of something, or the quality of being tall:
The sheer height of New York's skyscrapers is so impressive.
She's about average height (= neither short nor tall).
B1 the particular distance that something is above a surface:
The bullet entered the body at chest height.
heights
high places, or the top of hills:
Don't go up the tower if you're afraid of heights.
Machine guns were mounted along the heights behind the town.
a high level of success:
He reached the heights of his profession at the age of 35.
Share prices scaled new heights yesterday.
Her husband rose to the dizzy/lofty heights of transport minister.
the height of sth
C2 the time when a situation or event is strongest or most full of activity:
August is the height of the tourist season.
At the height of the violence/crisis we were left without any help.
an extreme example of something:
the height of fashion
the time when you are most successful in what you do:
She was at the height of her career when he first met her.
More examples
- The children lined up in order of height.
- He's always been very sensitive about his height.
- My little brother is only half my height.
- We are flying at a height of 9 000 metres.
- She had fallen, it appeared, from a great height.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
High, tall and deep
- altitude
- deep
- elevated
- eye level
- floor-to-ceiling
- full-length
- gawky
- high
- overshadow
- profundity
- rangy
- rear
- rear above/over sth/sb
- six-footer
- stand
- stature
- tallish
- tower
- tower above/over sb/sth
- towering
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Geography: hills & mountains
Success and achievements
Specific periods of time
Power and intensity
Linguistics: intensifying expressions
Higher and lower points of achievement