height, altitude, elevation mean vertical distance either between the top and bottom of something or between a base and something above it. height refers to something measured vertically …

Height is measure of vertical distance, either vertical extent (how "tall" something or someone is) or vertical position (how "high" a point is). For an example of vertical extent, "This basketball …

(Definition of height from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Height is the quality of being tall. She admits that her height is intimidating for some people.

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HEIGHT definition: extent or distance upward. See examples of height used in a sentence.

Definition of height noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

height 1. The vertical distance of a level, a point, or an object considered as a point, measured from a specified datum. 2. The vertical dimension of an object. See also altitude; elevation.

Height, altitude, elevation refer to distance above a level. Height denotes extent upward (as from foot to head) as well as any measurable distance above a given level: The tree grew to a …

HEIGHT meaning: 1 : a measurement of how tall a person or thing is the distance from the bottom to the top of a person or thing; 2 : the condition of being tall