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The correct spelling is high.
How to pronounce high
/haɪ/
nounIPA: /haɪ/
Say it like: Hi
The correct spelling is high. A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. For example: "It was one of the highs of his career."
Usage Examples
“It was one of the highs of his career.”
“That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown.”
“A large high is centred on the Azores.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
- 2.A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best.
- 3.A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
- 4.A drug that gives such a high.
- 5.A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
verb
- 1.To rise.
- 2.To hie; to hasten.
adjective
- 1.Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
- 2.Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- 3.Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
- 4.Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
- 5.Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
adverb
- 1.In or to an elevated position.
- 2.In or at a great value.
- 3.At a pitch of great frequency.
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