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high
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[ adjective ] greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
Examples "a high temperature" "a high price" "the high point of his career" "high risks" "has high hopes" "the river is high" "he has a high opinion of himself" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)It is low when the thyroid is overactive and high when the gland is sluggish . (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Directed by Grigory_Kozintsev in a tempo that is studiously slow , he develops a sense of a high tradition shining brightly and passing gravely through an impious world . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)All_of the releases , however , are recorded at a gratifyingly high level , with resultant masking of any surface_noise . (Mr. America, 4:6...)Used in several sets of high reps once or twice each_week it will not be long before your entire upper leg takes_on a razor-sharp definition in which the muscles look_like wire cables writhing and twisting under the skin ! (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Dr._Wilson_C._Grant , of the Veterans_'_Administration_Hospital , Coral_Gables , Florida , and the University_of_Miami_School_of_Medicine , set_out to discover if avocados , because of their high content of unsaturated fatty_acids , would reduce the cholesterol of the blood in selected patients . |
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[ adjective ] (literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension
Examples "a high mountain" "high ceilings" "high buildings" "a high forehead" "a high incline" "a foot high" sometimes used in combination Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)The Twins tied the score in the sixth inning when Reno_Bertoia beat_out a high chopper to third_base and scored on Lenny_Green 's double to left . (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)Wine_glass heels are to be found in both high and semi-heights . In the tintable group are high and little heels , squared and oval throats , and shantung like textures . (Mr. America, 4:6...)He has Henri do from four to six sets of the Incline_Bench_Press ( note the high incline ) . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)A second and also good practice is to shear off the tops , leaving an inch high stub with just a leaf or two on each branch . Related terms low upper commanding high-stepped high-top eminent high-level altitudinous steep tall top up height |
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[ adjective ] standing above others in quality or position
Synonyms Examples "people in high places" "the high priest" "eminent members of the community" Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)Members of higher and lower social_status often cluster around this nucleus , so_that Protestant figures on social_class give the impression of spread over all social_classes ; but this is deceptive , for the core of membership is concentrated in a single social and economic stratum . The congregation perishes when it is no_longer possible to replenish that core from the neighborhood ; moreover , residential mobility is so high in metropolitan areas that churches have_to recruit constantly in their core stratum in_order to survive ; they can lose higher - and lower status members from the church without collapsing , but they need adequate recruits for the core stratum in_order to preserve economic integration . (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)A military organization has an objective chosen by the higher command . (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)However , it determined that neither this factor , nor `` the fact that all concerned in high executive posts in both companies acted honorably and fairly , each in the honest conviction that his actions were in the best interests of his own company and without any design to overreach anyone , including du_Pont 's competitors '' , 353_U._S._,_at_607 , outweighed the Government 's claim for relief . (Raymond J. Corsini et al., Roleplaying in Business...)The position of receptionist was opened in a large office and an announcement was made to the other girls already working that they could apply for this job which had higher prestige and slightly higher salary than typing and clerking positions . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] at a great altitude
Synonyms Examples "he climbed high on the ladder" Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)From high in the tree , the whole block lay within range of the eye , but the ground was almost nowhere visible . Every morning early , in the summer , we searched the trunks of the trees as high as we could reach for the locust shells , carefully detached their hooked claws from the bark where they hung , and stabled them , a weird faery herd , in an angle between the high roots of the tulip_tree , where no grass grew in the dense shade . (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)Houses of settlers who 'd treated the company herds as a natural_resource , free for the taking , were sitting empty , with weeds growing high in their yards . (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)High , so it would only bounce harmlessly but loudly off the car 's steel roof . Too high . |
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[ adjective ] used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
Synonyms Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Certainly not in Orchestra_hall where he has played countless recitals , and where Thursday night he celebrated his 20th season with the Chicago_Symphony_orchestra , playing the Brahms_Concerto with his own slashing , demon-ridden cadenza melting into the high , pale , pure and lovely song with which a violinist unlocks the heart of the music , or forever finds it closed . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)Each high note had the crowd in ecstasy so that it stopped the show midway in the `` Mad_Scene '' , but the real reason was a realization of the extraordinary performance unfolding at the moment . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)It began invariably in low tones , almost conversational , and then gradually worked_up to high , shrill appeals to God and man . (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)Like the bell at Mass , the doorbell was pitched too high . |
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[ noun ] a lofty level or position or degree
Examples : "summer temperatures reached an all-time high" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Hansen , who slugged the 1960 Oriole high of 22 homers and drove_in 86 runs on a .255 freshman average , completes the Birds ' spring squad at 49 players . (The Dallas Morning News,...)Texas ' 545 - yard spree against Washington_State gave the Longhorns a 3 - game total offense of 1512 yards ( 1065 rushing and 447 passing ) a new SWC high . ("Editorials"...)But to imitate an opponent when he has made the mistake of his life would be a new high in statesmanlike folly . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)This absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass not_only produces greater fidelity , but it eliminates listener fatigue . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Similarly , the American_Cancer_Society ( ACS ) , the Arthritis_and_Rheumatism_Foundation , and the BBB have each stated lately that medical quackery is at a new high . |
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[ adverb ] in or to a high position, amount, or degree
Examples "prices have gone up far too high" Used in print (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)Curt , angry enough to be a_little reckless , raised his hands shoulder high . |
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[ adjective ] happy and excited and energetic
Synonyms Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)This time the orchestra gave him some superb support fired by response to his own high mood . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)`` They require , for existence , a brave spirit and a high heart , and where do you find these ? Related terms |
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[ adjective ] advanced into the most active period
Examples "went to Europe in high season" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (education) of the stage of education and schools preceding collegiate
Synonyms Examples "secondary school" "high school" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
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[ adjective ] used of the smell of game beginning to taint
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[ noun ] (psychology) a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
Examples "they took drugs to get a high on" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a high place
Synonyms Examples "they stood on high and observed the countryside" or "he doesn't like heights" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (psychology) a state of sustained elation
Synonyms Examples "I'm on a permanent high these days" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (meteorology) an air mass of higher than normal pressure
Synonyms Examples "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high" Related terms |
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[ adverb ] far up toward the source
Examples "he lives high up the river" |
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[ noun ] (education) a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
Examples "he goes to the neighborhood highschool" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2286
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