height

Definition

  • noun: a measurement of how tall a person or thing is
  • noun: the highest part
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: summit, altitude, stature

Examples

  • The 'height' of the ceiling is eight feet. [=the ceiling is eight feet above the floor; the ceiling is eight feet high]

  • It was 'the height of' stupidity to quit the team. [=it was extremely stupid to quit the team]

  • He was 'at the height of' his fame when he died. [=he died when he was most famous]

Movie quotes

  • (..) the southwest window. - It's fine. I've just never been this high before. You have also not reinstalled your parachute... ...so a fall from this height would most likely be lethal. Oh. Perfect. Oh, my God. Why is it not breaking? (..)
    2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming