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📖 Определения и значения для слова high

📒 measuring a long distance from the bottom to the top

  • What's the highest mountain in the US?
  • The house has a high wall all the way round it.
  • shoes with high heels

📒 used to talk about the distance that something measures from the bottom to the top

  • How high is Everest?
  • It's only a low wall—about a metre high.
  • The grass was waist-high.

📒 at a level that is a long way above the ground or above the level of the sea

  • a high branch/shelf/window
  • The rooms had high ceilings.
  • streaks of high cloud

📒 greater or better than normal in quantity or quality, size or degree

  • a high price/cost/speed/temperature
  • a high rate of inflation
  • high levels of pollution

📒 containing a lot of a particular substance

  • a high potassium content
  • a high-fat diet
  • high in something foods that are high in fat

📒 near the top in rank, status or importance

  • She has held high office under three prime ministers.
  • The case was referred to a higher court.
  • the distinction between high art and popular art

📒 of great value

  • to play for high stakes
  • My highest card is ten.
  • high against something At the moment, the euro is high against the dollar, which makes for a good exchange rate.

📒 when a river or the tide is high, the water reaches a long way up the river bank, beach, etc.

  • The river was very high and threatening to flood.

📒 morally good

  • a man of high ideals/principles

📒 showing a lot of approval or respect for somebody

  • She is held in very high regard by her colleagues.
  • You seem to have a high opinion of yourself!

📒 at the upper end of the range of sounds that humans can hear; not deep or low

  • She has a high voice.
  • That note is definitely too high for me.
  • Your voice sounds very high on the telephone.

📒 used to describe the middle or the most attractive part of a period of time

  • high noon
  • high summer

📒 beginning to go bad and having a strong smell

📒 behaving in an excited way because of the effects of alcohol or drugs

  • He was high on drugs.

📒 produced with part of the tongue in the highest possible position without limiting the flow of air

📒 to behave in a way that shows you think you are better than other people

📒 friends, people, etc. in positions of power and influence

  • He has friends in high places.

📒 to enjoy yourself very much

📒 despite any difficulties

  • I was determined to go, come hell or high water.

📒 in a position out of the water

  • Their yacht was left high and dry on a sandbank.

📒 in a difficult situation, without help or money

📒 behaving as though you think you are more important than other people

📒 behaving in a very excited way, especially because of being strongly affected by alcohol or drugs

📒 the amount of attention somebody/something has from the public

  • This issue has had a high profile in recent months.
  • I advised her to keep a low profile for the next few days (= not to attract attention).
  • The story was given a low profile in today's papers.

📒 in an angry or offended mood, and showing other people that you are angry

  • He stomped out of the room in high dudgeon.
  • She stormed out in high dudgeon.

📒 used to say that you think somebody should do something soon

  • It's about time you cleaned your room!

📒 of a high quality or degree; of the highest quality or greatest degree

  • The job requires diplomatic skills of a high order.
  • She was a snob of the first order.

📒 to have a strong unpleasant smell

📒 to seem to be very dishonest or morally unacceptable

📒 to claim that your side of an argument is morally better than your opponents’ side; to argue in a way that makes your side seem morally better

  • I was angry with his blatant attempt to take the moral high ground.
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