high
adverb/haɪ/
/haɪ/
(higher, highest)
Word Family
Idioms - high adjective noun adverb
- highly adverb
- height noun
- heighten verb
- at or to a position or level that is a long way up from the ground or from the bottom
- to climb/jump/leap high
- I can't jump any higher.
- An eagle soared high overhead.
- His desk was piled high with papers.
- high above (something) The castle sits high above the wooded valley.
- A plane flew high above.
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- at or to a large value, amount or price
- Prices are expected to rise even higher this year.
- Students who scored high on the test went on to do very well.
- They buy shares low and sell them high.
- to or at an important position
- She never rose very high in the company.
- She's aiming high (= hoping to be very successful) in her exams.
- at a high pitch
- I can't sing that high.
far from ground/bottom
value/amount
important position
sound
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 Englishbe riding high
- to be successful or very confident
- The company is riding high this year.
fly high
- to be successful
- British cinema has been flying high recently, winning several coveted awards.
high and low
- everywhere
- I've searched high and low for my purse.
hold your head high | hold up your head
- to be proud of or not feel ashamed about something that you have done
- She managed to hold her head high and ignore what people were saying.
run high
- (especially of feelings) to be strong and angry or excited
- Feelings ran high as the election approached.
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