height

//haɪt//
A2Frequency Level 7Neutral
Visual representation of height

Noun

heightSingular
heightsPlural
1

The measurement of how tall someone or something is from base to top; vertical distance or extent.

The height of the building is 50 meters.

2

A high place or position; an elevated area.

She was afraid of heights and couldn't look down from the tower.

3

The highest point or most intense degree of something; the peak or climax.

The conflict reached its height in 1945.