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English Dictionary: height	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
height n the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top Synonym(s): height, tallness the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" Synonym(s): acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot Synonym(s): stature, height elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface; "the altitude gave her a headache" Synonym(s): altitude, height
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Height \Height\, n. [Written also {hight}.] [OE. heighte, heght, heighthe, AS. he[a0]h[?]u, fr. heah high; akin to D. hoogte, Sw. h[94]jd, Dan. h[94]ide, Icel. h[91][?], Goth. hauhipa. See {High}.] 1. The condition of being high; elevated position. Behold the height of the stars, how high they are! --Job xxii. 12. 2. The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature. --Bacon. [Goliath's] height was six cubits and a span. --1 Sam. xvii. 4. 3. Degree of latitude either north or south. [Obs.] Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as Peru to the south. --Abp. Abbot. 4. That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights. --Dryden. 5. Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; pre[89]minence or distinction in society; prominence. Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts. --R. Browning. All would in his power hold, all make his subjects. --Chapman. 6. Progress toward eminence; grade; degree. Social duties are carried to greater heights, and enforced with stronger motives by the principles of our religion. --Addison. 7. Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest. My grief was at the height before thou camest. --Shak. {On height}, aloud. [Obs.] [He] spake these same words, all on hight. --Chaucer.