high
noun/haɪ/
/haɪ/
Word Family
Idioms - high adjective noun adverb
- highly adverb
- height noun
- heighten verb
- the highest level or number
- to hit/reach a high
- Exports are currently at record highs.
- Profits reached an all-time high last year.
Extra Examples- Share prices reached an all-time high yesterday.
- The number of prisoners has reached a historic high.
- Oil prices hit a high of $80 a barrel yesterday.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-time
- historic
- new
- …
- hit
- reach
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- an area of high air pressure; an anticyclone
- A high over southern Europe is bringing fine, sunny weather to all parts.
- the highest temperature reached during a particular day, week, etc.
- Highs today will be in the region of 25°C.
- (informal) the feeling of extreme pleasure and excitement that somebody gets after taking some types of drugs
- The high lasted all night.
Extra Examples- The drug gives you a tremendous high.
- the high she got from cocaine
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- real
- tremendous
- emotional
- …
- experience
- get
- give somebody
- …
- on a high
- the highs and lows
- (informal) the feeling of extreme pleasure and excitement that somebody gets from doing something fun or being successful at something
- He was on a real high after winning the competition.
- the highs and lows of her acting career
Extra ExamplesTopics Successc2- the emotional highs and lows of an actor's life
- This show is our swansong—we want to finish on a high.
- He was still on a natural high after cheating death.
- She's been on a real high since she got her exam results.
- He hit a career high with his performance as Al.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- real
- tremendous
- emotional
- …
- experience
- get
- give somebody
- …
- on a high
- the highs and lows
- used in the name of a high school
- He graduated from Little Rock High in 2012.
level/number
weather
from drugs
from success/enjoyment
school
Word OriginOld English hēah, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoog and German hoch.
Idioms
See high in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee high in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishon high
- (formal) in a high place
- We gazed down into the valley from on high.
- (humorous) the people in senior positions in an organization
- An order came down from on high that lunchbreaks were to be half an hour and no longer.
- in heaven
- The disaster was seen as a judgement from on high.
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