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How to pronounce high
Say it like this: /ˈhaɪ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does high mean?
adjPhysically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
“The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain”
Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
“A nightgown with a high neck and long sleeves may have the fullness set into a yoke.”
Of a ball, above the batter's shoulders.
“the pitch (or: the ball) was high”
advIn or to an elevated position.
“How high above land did you fly?”
In or at a great value.
“Costs have grown higher this year again.”
At a pitch of great frequency.
“I certainly can't sing that high.”
nounA high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven) or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best,
“Inflation reached a ten-year high.”
The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
“Today's high was 32 °C.”
A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
“That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown.”
verbTo rise.
“The sun higheth.”
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