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high

(h/aI/ )

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount(adj.all)

Example:
A high temperature.
A high price.
The high point of his career.
High risks.
Has high hopes.
The river is high.
He has a high opinion of himself.

source: wordnet30
(literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')(adj.all)

Example:
A high mountain.
High ceilings.
High buildings.
A high forehead.
A high incline.
A foot high.

source: wordnet30
used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency(adj.all)

Synonym:
high-pitched
Antonym:
low, low-pitched

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Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a lofty level or position or degree(noun.attribute)

Example:
Summer temperatures reached an all-time high.

Antonym:
low

source: wordnet30
an air mass of higher than normal pressure(noun.state)

Example:
The east coast benefits from a Bermuda high.

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a state of sustained elation(noun.state)

Example:
I'm on a permanent high these days.

Antonym:
low spirits

source: wordnet30
a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics(noun.state)

Example:
They took drugs to get a high on.

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a high place(noun.location)

Example:
They stood on high and observed the countryside.

Synonym:
heights

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a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12(noun.group)

Example:
He goes to the neighborhood highschool.

Synonym:
high school, highschool, senior high, senior high school

source: wordnet30
a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
high gear

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An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.(noun)

source: webster1913

at a great altitude(adv.all)

Example:
He climbed high on the ladder.

source: wordnet30
in or to a high position, amount, or degree(adv.all)

Example:
Prices have gone up far too high.

source: wordnet30
in a rich manner(adv.all)

Example:
He lives high.

Synonym:
luxuriously, richly

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far up toward the source(adv.all)

Example:
He lives high up the river.

source: wordnet30
In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.(adverb)

source: webster1913