height
height Lexical Profile
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• noun
The measurement of someone or something from base to top or from head to foot.
"The architect carefully measured the height of the ceiling before ordering the custom bookshelves."
Elevation above ground or a recognized level, typically sea level.
"The commercial aircraft maintained a steady cruising height of thirty-five thousand feet."
The most intense, extreme, or advanced point or period of something.
"The coastal resort is always bustling with tourists at the height of the summer season."
A high place, hilltop, or elevated area of land, frequently used in the plural.
"From the rocky heights above the harbor, visitors can see all the way to the neighboring island."
Word Nuance & Usage
Often misspelled and mispronounced as 'heighth' by analogy with 'width', 'length', and 'depth', though only 'height' is accepted in standard English.
• Rhymes for height
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'hieh8u', derived from Proto-Germanic '*hauhipo', an abstract noun formation built on the root of 'high' plus the noun-forming suffix '-th'.