height
part of speech
noun (height, heights)
meaning for a pupil
1) Height is how tall a person or thing is, from the bottom to the top. tree →
2) Height is how high something is above the ground, like a plane flying at a great height. tree →
3) The height of something is its strongest or busiest point, like the height of summer. tree →
4) Heights are high places: someone afraid of heights does not like being up high. tree →
sense in the lessons
A length measured upward; compared, added, or one side of a shape or box. In science: measure the height of a plant each week; height of a triangle for its area. In everyday life: a height chart on the wall, rides with a height limit. Phrases: «in height», «the height of», «afraid of heights», «height limit».
examples
- The height of the tree is 6 metres. tree →
- Tom's height is 130 cm. tree →
- A box has length 4, width 3 and height 2. tree →
- Who has the greater height? tree →
- You must be 120 cm in height to go on this ride. tree →
- We marked my height on the kitchen door. tree →
- The plane flew at a height of 10 kilometres. tree →
- My sister is afraid of heights. tree →
- How magnificent was the sight from this height! tree →
note
A length (cm, m), so it is compared or added like other lengths; with length and width it gives volume (l × w × h). Trap: compare heights in the same unit. Spelling: height ends in -ght but rhymes with «kite» (not like «eight»). Adjective: high, tall.
In the corpora
- A gull drops a shellfish onto rocks from a height to smash the shell open.
- «Height» shares e-i-g-h with «weight», though it sounds like /ite/.
- Falling from more than about your own height onto a hard surface can break bones or injure your head.
- Landing from a big height on straight legs can break ankles, legs or the spine.
- Comparing someone's height with a person you know, like your dad, is easier than guessing a number.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «height» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.