Height

Definition

height /haÇt/ n ၁။ (က) [U, C] အျမင့္။ အရပ္။ Please state your height (ie how tall you are). ❍ He is 2 metres in height. ❍ What is the height of the mountain? ❍ The children are nearly the same height. ❍ DIMENSION ❍ HIGH 1 (ခ) [U] အရပ္။ အျမင့္။ She can see over the wall because of her height. ❍ The height of the fence makes the garden very secluded. ၂။ [C, U] အျမင့္။ drop sth from a great height ❍ fly at a height of 6000 metres (above sea level) ❍ The aircraft was gaining/ losing height. ၃။ [C often pl ] အျမင့္။ be afraid of heights. ၄။ [sing] အေခါင္။ အထြတ္အထိပ္။ in the height of summer ❍ The storm was at its height. ❍ the height of folly ❍ be dressed in the height of fashion.

Examples

1. He was about the same height as his wife.
2. [in height] : A graceful tower
3. rising to 400 feet in height
4. [someone’s full height] : He rose to his full height and surveyed the scene.
5. What height do you want the picture at?
6. She could remember being carried at shoulder height
7. giggling and swaying.
8. [at a height of] : Lescun is three miles from the main road at a height of 3
9. 000 feet.
10. [a great height] : Her injuries are consistent with a fall from a great height.
11. [gain/lose height] : The aircraft began to lose height.
12. She couldn’t see the road because of the height of the wall (=because it was too high).
13. Steve could not become a pilot because of his height (=because he was not tall enough).
14. [height of] : At the height of the violence
15. neighbour was killing neighbour.
16. It is the height of irresponsibility to make such comments.
17. Jeans were once again the height of fashion.
18. [at its height] : The excitement was at its height.
19. A battalion had captured the heights above the beach.
20. Dave was trying to overcome his fear of heights.
21. His handling of the crisis carried his popularity to new heights.