height

1. The distance from the base to the top of something.Examples: "The area of a triangle is "a half base times height"."Synonyms: stature, altitudecountableuncountable

2. The distance from the base to the top of something.Synonyms: staturecountableuncountable

3. A high point.Examples: "She's at the height of her career."; "[…]They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height / The pith and marrow of our attribute[…]"; "During the height of Italian immigration in the United States and in New York City, gangs flourished not only because of poverty but also because of political and social corruption. Policemen and politicians were often as crooked as the gang leaders themselves."Synonyms: acme, apex, zenith, apogee, apotheosis, ascendance, capstone, climaxcountablefigurativelyuncountable

4. A high point.countableuncountable

5. (phonetics) A quality of vowels, indicating the vertical position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth; in practice, the first formant, associated with the height of the tongue.countableuncountable