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Word entry · 4 letters

high

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"Above average"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /haɪ/Part of speech adverb, adjective, nounSorted ghhiStarts with HEnds with H2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. At a great height; above average

Word origin

From Middle English high, heigh, heih, from Old English hēah (“high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime, illustrious, important, proud, haughty, deep, right”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to bend; crooked”).

Used in a sentence

  • The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain
  • Upon the highest spray of every mounting pole, Those Quirristers are pearcht with many a speckled breast.
  • A nightgown with a high neck and long sleeves may have the fullness set into a yoke.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Above average4 letters
02Far above the ground4 letters

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