high
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
How often you will meet it
Rank 328 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 61,895 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.029% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount a high temperaturea high price
- (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high') a high mountainhigh ceilings
- standing above others in quality or position also: eminent people in high placesthe high priest
- used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency also: high-pitched
- happy and excited and energetic also: in high spirits
- (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted also: gamey, gamy
adverb
- at a great altitude also: high up he climbed high on the ladder
high in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Methought I heard a whir of wings on high.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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How he used to envy the members of the Elevens as they rolled arm-in-arm down the High Street!
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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As you know, no one, however high his rank, is accepted as a novice before the age of sixteen.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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The Woodburn party arrived in high spirits, a sleigh, containing the Fairview family, driving up at the same time.
Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1
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Here Smith was placed upon a scaffold, six feet square and ten feet high, securely bound, within the view of all beholders.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1