{
    "term": "height",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/di/dimensions.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the measurement of how tall a person or thing is",
            "sensetop": "in heightheight of somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Height: 210 mm. Width: 57 mm. Length: 170 mm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please state your height and weight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is the same height as her sister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be of medium/average height"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is almost two metres in height.",
                    "contextForm": "in height"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can adjust the height of the chair.",
                    "contextForm": "height of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plant can **reach a height** of over six feet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The table is available in several different heights."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plants grow to a maximum height of 24 inches."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is of medium height and slim build."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Maths and measurement", "Appearance"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full", "maximum", "considerable"],
                "verb + height": ["determine", "measure", "have"],
                "preposition": ["in height"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the quality of being tall or high",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The height of the mountain did not discourage them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His height sometimes makes it difficult to find clothes that fit."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Appearance"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full", "maximum", "considerable"],
                "verb + height": ["determine", "measure", "have"],
                "preposition": ["in height"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a particular distance above the ground",
            "sensetop": "at a height of somethingat… heightfrom a… height",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The aircraft was gaining height."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plane flew at a height of 3 000 metres.",
                    "contextForm": "at a height of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be at shoulder/chest/waist height",
                    "contextForm": "at… height"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The stone was dropped **from a great height**.",
                    "contextForm": "from a… height"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The object had clearly fallen from a considerable height."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plane was beginning to lose height."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bring your hands to shoulder height."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The balloon reached a height of 20 000 feet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The animal lives in lakes at a height of 6 000 feet above sea level."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Maths and measurement"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "great", "ceiling"],
                "verb + height": ["gain", "lose", "maintain"],
                "preposition": ["at a height of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a high place or position",
            "sensetop": "from a heightfrom the heights of something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Brooklyn Heights"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He doesn't have **a head for heights** *(= is afraid of high places)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fear of heights"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pattern of the ancient fields is clearly visible from a height.",
                    "contextForm": "from a height"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We looked out over the city from the heights of Edinburgh Castle.",
                    "contextForm": "from the heights of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The condor soars above the mountain heights."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were the first expedition to scale the heights of Everest."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["mountain", "rocky"],
                "verb + heights": ["scale", "be afraid of", "have a head for"],
                "preposition": ["from a height"],
                "phrases": ["a fear of heights"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the point when something is at its strongest or best",
            "sensetop": "at its heightat the height of somethingin the height of somethingduring the height of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The fire **reached its height** around 2 a.m."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crisis was at its height in May.",
                    "contextForm": "at its height"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is still at the **height of her powers**.",
                    "contextForm": "at the height of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is at the height of his career."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wouldn't go there in the **height of summer**.",
                    "contextForm": "in the height of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "during the height of the Cold War",
                    "contextForm": "during the height of something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["commanding", "dizzy", "dizzying"],
                "verb + heights": ["achieve", "climb to", "reach"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a better or greater level of something; a situation where something is very good",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their success had reached **new heights**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He didn’t know it was possible to reach such heights of happiness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She rose to undreamed-of heights of power and fame."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["commanding", "dizzy", "dizzying"],
                "verb + heights": ["achieve", "climb to", "reach"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "an extreme example of a particular quality",
            "sensetop": "height of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It would be **the height of folly** *(= very stupid)* to change course now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was dressed in **the height of fashion**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an important or impressive position",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She dreamed of reaching the dizzy heights of stardom."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They reached the dizzy heights of Number 11 in the charts."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to stand straight and tall in order to show that you are determined, powerful or important",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He drew himself up to his full height and glared at us."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/haɪt/",
                "audio": "he/height/height__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/haɪt/",
                "audio": "he/height/height__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hēhthu (in the sense ‘top of something’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoogte, also to high."
}