height

== English == === Alternative forms === heighth, heigth, hight, highth (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (compare *hauhaz). Equivalent to high +‎ -t (abstract nominal suffix). === Pronunciation === enPR: hīt, IPA(key): /haɪt/, /həɪt/ (obsolete) enPR: hāt, IPA(key): /heɪt/ Rhymes: -aɪt Homophone: hight Hyphenation: height === Noun === height (countable and uncountable, plural heights) The distance from the base to the top of something. Synonym: stature The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse). (geometry) The minimum distance from a vertex of a triangle to (the extension of) the edge opposite, namely along a line perpendicular to the edge. Synonym: altitude (mathematics) The amplitude of a sinusoid. The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level. Synonym: altitude Antonym: depth A high point. (figurative) The highest point or maximum degree. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:apex A mountain, especially a very high one. (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff. (phonetics) A quality of vowels, indicating the vertical position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth; in practice, the first formant, associated with the height of the tongue. Coordinate terms: (horizontal dimension) backness, (lip articulation) roundedness, length, nasalization, reduction ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== high ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === height on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Highet, eighth, highte