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Definitions: HIGHT |
HIGHTImperative1. Of Hight Intransitive & transitive verb1. To promise. 2. To commit; to intrust. 3. To command; to direct; to impel. 4. To be called or named. Noun1. A variant of Height. |
Date "HIGHT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Nomenclature | Adjective: named; Verb: hight, ycleped, known as; what one may well, call fairly, call properly, call fitly. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: HIGHT |
| English words defined with "HIGHT": Hote, Hoten ♦ On height. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "HIGHT": Abus, Aroundight ♦ baric wind law, Buys Ballot's law, Buys-Ballot's law ♦ Flying higher than the penguins ♦ Ludgate ♦ panic bolt, Philotime. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "HIGHT": height. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Tissue sampling - dart emplaced on side of whale. See hight resolution to see dart location. Small boat work off the DELAWARE II.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Staff Sgt. Rich Cory, Staff Sgt. William Hight and Staff Sgt. Chuck Smith. |
 | Medicine Man's Medicine. / P.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by George C. Hight, Gallup, N.M.. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "HIGHT" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "HIGHT" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 71.43% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "HIGHT" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hight | Last name | 2,000 | 5,269 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ahmo hight | 301 | hight tide | 4 |
hight | 38 | city hight | 4 |
hight light spray | 33 | ahmo anna hight nicole smith | 4 |
ahmo hight nude | 18 | ahmo hight mpeg | 3 |
hight weight chart | 13 | ahmo hight movie | 3 |
hight response | 12 | hight blood pressure | 3 |
amho hight | 10 | hight ratio weight | 3 |
hight times | 10 | almo hight | 2 |
hight school | 9 | gainer hight | 2 |
hight pression | 8 | hight time | 2 |
ahmo hight picture | 7 | hight times.com | 2 |
ahmo gallery hight | 6 | canada hight hockey in | 2 |
hight weight | 6 | crime hight institute tech | 2 |
ahmo hight pic | 6 | average hight | 2 |
advertising banner click hight through | 6 | hight point | 2 |
hight chevrolet | 5 | ahmo hight photo | 2 |
heel hight | 5 | food hight protein | 2 |
ahmo exotica hight hotel | 4 | hight tec | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "HIGHT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | højdepunkt (crest, hight basement, summit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | hooggelegen sokkel (hight basement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | point haut (hight basement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | hoher Sockel (hight basement), hoher Punkt (hight basement), hoher Kamm (hight basement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | υψηλό σημείο (hight basement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | punto alto (hight basement), basamento alto (hight basement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ighthay punto máximo (hight basement), punto alto (crest, highness, hight basement, summit). (various references) höjdpunkt (acme, apogee, climax, head, height, heyday, high tide, hight basement, noon, noontide, peak, pinnacle, top, zenith). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 3 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Caelum sursum et terra deorsum et cor regum inscrutabile |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Heuene aboue, and erthe benethe, and the herte of kingus vnserchable. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The heaven for hight, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 3 |
| Bulgarian | 'исочината на небето и дълбочината на земята И сърцата на царете са неизследими. |
| Cebuano | Ingon nga ang kalangitan alang sa kahitas-an, ug ang yuta alang sa kahiladman, Maingon man ang kasingkasing sa mga hari dili matukib. |
| Croatian | Neistražljivo je nebo u visinu, zemlja u dubinu i srce kraljevsko. |
| Danish | Himlens Højde og Jordens Dybde og Kongers Hjerte kan ingen granske. |
| Dutch | Aan de hoogte des hemels, en aan de diepte der aarde, en aan het hart der koningen is geen doorgronding. |
| Finnish | Taivaan korkeus ja maan syvyys ja kuningasten sydän on tutkimaton. |
| French | Les cieux dans leur hauteur, la terre dans sa profondeur, Et le coeur des rois, sont impénétrables. |
| German | Der Himmel ist hoch und die Erde tief; aber der Könige Herz ist unerforschlich. |
| Haitian Creole | Menm jan ou pa konnen wotè syèl la ak fondè tè a, se konsa tou ou pa ka konnen sa k'ap pase nan tèt yon wa. |
| Hungarian | Az ég magasságra, a föld mélységre, és a királyoknak szíve kikutathatatlan. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Seperti samudra yang dalam dan langit yang tinggi, demikianlah pikiran raja tak dapat diselami. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa tingginya langit dan dalamnya bumi dan hati rajapun tiada terselidik adanya. |
| Italian | I cieli per la loro altezza, la terra per la sua profondit e il cuore dei re sono inesplorabili. |
| Maori | Ko te rangi mo te tiketike, ko te whenua mo te hohonu, a ko te ngakau o nga kingi, te taea te rapu. |
| Norwegian | Himmelens høide, jordens dybde og kongers hjerter er uransakelige. |
| Portuguese | Como o céu na sua altura, e como a terra na sua profundidade, assim o coração dos reis é inescrutável. |
| Rumanian | Knqlyimea cerurilor, adkncimea pqmkntului, wi inima kmpqrayilor sknt nepqtrunse. - |
| Russian | лБЛ ОЕ'П Ч ЧЩУПФЕ Й ЪЕНМС Ч ЗМХ'ЙОЕ, ФБЛ УЕТ""Е "БТЕК--ОЕЙУУМЕ"ЙНП. |
| Swedish | Himmelens höjd och jordens djup och konungars hjärtan kan ingen utrannsaka. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "HIGHT": hightail, hightailed, hightailing, hightails, highted, highth, highths, highting, hights. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "HIGHT" (pronounced hī"t) |
| 3 | h ī" t | height. |
| 2 | -ī" t | alight, alright, bite, blight, bright, byte, cite, contrite, delight, despite, disinvite, dunite, excite, fight, flight, forthright, fright, ignite, incite, indict, indite, invite, kite, knight, Kyte, light, lite, might, mite, night, nite, nonwhite, outright, overexcite, overnight, overwrite, plight, polite, quite, recite, reignite, reinvite, reunite, rewrite, right, rite, sight, site, sleight, slight, spite, sprite, tight, tonight, trite, upright, uptight, white, Wight, Wright, write. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: thigh. | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-h-i-t" | |
-1 letter: high. | |
-2 letters: ghi, git, hit. | |
-3 letters: hi, it, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-h-h-i-t" | |
+1 letter: eighth, height, highth, hights, thighs. | |
+2 letters: eighths, heighth, heights, highest, highted, highths, thighed. | |
+3 letters: eighthly, hatching, heighten, heighths, highspot, hightail, highting, hitching, hotching, hutching, lightish, thuggish, toughish. | |
+4 letters: diphthong, eightieth, hatchings, hatchling, haughtier, haughtily, headlight, heightens, highlight, highspots, hightails, hindsight, lightship, nighthawk, rushlight, sheathing, thatching, thighbone, thrashing, threshing, ultrahigh, whishting. | |
+5 letters: birthright, diphthongs, earthlight, eighteenth, eightieths, flashlight, forthright, hatcheling, hatchlings, haughtiest, headlights, heightened, highlights, hightailed, hindsights, knighthood, lighthouse, lightships, lighttight, lithograph, misthought, nighthawks, nightshade, nightshirt, rushlights, sheathings, shipwright, thighbones, thrashings, torchlight, triphthong, unhitching. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 49 47 48 54 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .. --. .... - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01001001 01000111 01001000 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H I G H T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0049 0047 0048 0054 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4243414254 |
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