noun Download 🔗Share A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. Examples : "The high of the mountain offered a breathtaking view. " position place space essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best. Examples : "It was one of the highs of his career." achievement outcome business value essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs. Examples : "That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown." sensation mind medicine essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A drug that gives such a high. Examples : "Taking that drug gave her a terrible high. " medicine substance sensation essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone. Examples : "A large high is centred on the Azores." weather geography environment essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period. Examples : "Inflation reached a ten-year high." amount value statistics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period. Examples : "The high temperature today was 95 degrees Fahrenheit. " weather nature essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The highest card dealt or drawn. Examples : "The high in the card game was the queen of spades. " game sport essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To rise. Examples : "The sun higheth." action position energy essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty. Examples : "The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain" position appearance essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured. Examples : "The mountain peak is high above the valley floor. " position quality degree essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having a specified elevation or height; tall. Examples : "three feet high three Mount Everests high" appearance quality essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character. Examples : "The mayor is a high-ranking official in our city government. " character value position society essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive). Examples : "high crimes, the high festival of the sun" value moral attitude essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith. Examples : "The artist's skill in painting reached a high level of mastery. " quality degree achievement essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time. Examples : "high latitude, high antiquity" time place essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory. Examples : "The school's administration held a high view of tradition, preferring older methods of teaching. " politics attitude tradition history society essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc. Examples : "in high spirits" emotion mind sensation essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich. Examples : "high living, the high life" style society value essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud. Examples : "a high tone" attitude character human moral essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused. Examples : "My sister was high on the idea of going to the amusement park. " attitude emotion essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a body of water) With tall waves. Examples : "The ocean was very high today, with tall waves crashing on the shore. " weather ocean nautical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc). Examples : "My bank charges me a high interest rate. I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol. high voltage high prices high winds a high number" amount value essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations). Examples : "The note was too high for her to sing." sound music frequency physics technical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate. Examples : "My teacher asked me to pronounce the "i" in "sight" with a high tongue position. " phonetics language linguistics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc. Examples : "The ace of spades is a high card in a deck of playing cards. " game value essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose. Examples : "Epicures do not cook game before it is high." food biology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc. Examples : "The student appeared high during class, making it hard to focus on the lesson. " mind body medicine substance condition essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind. Examples : "The sailboat was sailing high, close to the wind, making its journey faster. " nautical sailing direction essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb Download 🔗Share In or to an elevated position. Examples : "How high above land did you fly?" position place essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb Download 🔗Share In or at a great value. Examples : "Costs have grown higher this year again." value essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb Download 🔗Share At a pitch of great frequency. Examples : "The singer sang the high notes with ease. " frequency sound essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Thought; intention; determination; purpose. Examples : "My high for the weekend is to spend time with my family. " mind philosophy essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hie; to hasten. Examples : "To get to school on time, she high-ed herself out the door. " action way essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading