Definition of Height

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Height

The condition of being high; elevated position.

The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature.

Degree of latitude either north or south.

That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights.

Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preeminence or distinction in society; prominence.

Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.

Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.

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Height Quotations

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.
Barack Obama

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
Robert Frost

Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others.
Eddie Izzard

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.
Woody Allen

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.
Victor Hugo

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
Casey Stengel

My father had kicked me out of his house at the height of an argument over an opinion difference. He had become so enraged. He told me never to come back, and that was all the severance it took.
Lynette Fromme

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.
Thomas Carlyle

You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.
Stephen Fry

Height Translations

height in Dutch is hoogte
height in Finnish is korkeus
height in French is pointure, hauteur, altitude
height in Italian is altitudine, grossezza, elevazione
height in Latin is sublimitas
height in Portuguese is altura, altitude

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