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| 1. | [ adjective ] greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount | |
| Examples: | "a high temperature" "a high price" "the high point of his career" "high risks" "has high hopes" "the river is high" "he has a high opinion of himself" |
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| Related terms: | low great higher graduate advanced soaring higher last exalted broad flooding climactic superior degree | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension | |
| Examples: | "a high mountain" "high ceilings" "high buildings" "a high forehead" "a high incline" "a foot high" sometimes used in combination |
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| Related terms: | low upper commanding high-stepped high-top eminent high-level altitudinous steep tall top up height | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] standing above others in quality or position | |
| Synonyms: | eminent | |
| Examples: | "people in high places" "the high priest" "eminent members of the community" |
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| Related terms: | superior | |
| 4. | [ adverb ] at a great altitude | |
| Synonyms: | high_up | |
| Examples: | "he climbed high on the ladder" |
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| 5. | [ adjective ] used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency | |
| Synonyms: | high-pitched | |
| Related terms: | low piercing adenoidal shrilling screaky peaky soprano falsetto countertenor sopranino tenor tenor piping alto altissimo pitch | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a lofty level or position or degree | |
| Examples: | : "summer temperatures reached an all-time high" |
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| Related terms: | low degree | |
| 7. | [ adverb ] in or to a high position, amount, or degree | |
| Examples: | "prices have gone up far too high" |
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| 8. | [ adjective ] happy and excited and energetic | |
| Synonyms: | in_high_spirits | |
| Related terms: | elated | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] incoming | |
| Synonyms: | flood | |
| Examples: | "flood tide" "high tide" |
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| Related terms: | ebb advancing | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] advanced into the most active period | |
| Examples: | "went to Europe in high season" |
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| Related terms: | peak | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] (education) of the stage of education and schools preceding collegiate | |
| Synonyms: | secondary | |
| Examples: | "secondary school" "high school" |
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| Related terms: | intermediate elementary | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) | |
| Synonyms: | mellow | |
| Related terms: | intoxicated | |
| 13. | [ adjective ] very favorable | |
| Examples: | "he has a high opinion of himself" |
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| Related terms: | favorable | |
| 14. | [ adjective ] used of the smell of game beginning to taint | |
| Synonyms: | gamy gamey | |
| Related terms: | malodorous | |
| 15. | [ noun ] (psychology) a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics | |
| Examples: | "they took drugs to get a high on" |
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| Related terms: | elation | |
| 16. | [ noun ] a high place | |
| Synonyms: | heights | |
| Examples: | "they stood on high and observed the countryside" or "he doesn't like heights" |
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| Related terms: | topographic_point | |
| 17. | [ adjective ] marked by intense physical force | |
| Synonyms: | big | |
| Examples: | "a big wind" |
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| Related terms: | heavy | |
| 18. | [ noun ] (psychology) a state of sustained elation | |
| Synonyms: | high_spirits | |
| Examples: | "I'm on a permanent high these days" |
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| Related terms: | low_spirits elation | |
| 19. | [ noun ] (meteorology) an air mass of higher than normal pressure | |
| Synonyms: | high_pressure | |
| Examples: | "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high" |
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| Related terms: | air_mass anticyclone | |
| 20. | [ adverb ] far up toward the source | |
| Examples: | "he lives high up the river" |
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| 21. | [ noun ] (education) a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12 | |
| Synonyms: | high_school senior_high_school highschool senior_high | |
| Examples: | "he goes to the neighborhood highschool" |
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| Related terms: | secondary_school | |
| 22. | [ adverb ] in a rich manner | |
| Synonyms: | luxuriously richly | |
| Examples: | "he lives high" |
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| Related terms: | rich deluxe rich deluxe | |
| 23. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2286 | |
| 24. | [ noun ] a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed | |
| Synonyms: | high_gear | |
| Related terms: | gear overdrive car | |
| Similar spelling: |
highway Higgs Hix his hiss Hise hike Higi Higa hick Hice Haigh |
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