height

Everyday

1. Height is how tall a person or thing is, from the bottom to the top. tree →
2. Height is how high something is above the ground, like a plane flying at a great height. tree →
3. The height of something is its strongest or busiest point, like the height of summer. tree →
4. Heights are high places: someone afraid of heights does not like being up high. tree →

In the lessons

A length measured upward; compared, added, or one side of a shape or box. In science: measure the height of a plant each week; height of a triangle for its area. In everyday life: a height chart on the wall, rides with a height limit. Phrases: «in height», «the height of», «afraid of heights», «height limit».

Examples

• The height of the tree is 6 metres. tree →
• Tom's height is 130 cm. tree →
• A box has length 4, width 3 and height 2. tree →
• Who has the greater height? tree →
• You must be 120 cm in height to go on this ride. tree →
• We marked my height on the kitchen door. tree →
• The plane flew at a height of 10 kilometres. tree →
• My sister is afraid of heights. tree →
• How magnificent was the sight from this height! tree →

Note

A length (cm, m), so it is compared or added like other lengths; with length and width it gives volume (l × w × h). Trap: compare heights in the same unit. Spelling: height ends in -ght but rhymes with «kite» (not like «eight»). Adjective: high, tall.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The measurements of the altar and table show the exact order of the Tabernacle. Tradition takes these details as showing that holy things must be made just as commanded. In the Psalms and Job, "the height" or "the heights" means the sky or the high places of heaven where God lives, so that praise rises up to Him. In the primary lessons: A length measured upward; compared, added, or one side of a shape or box. In science: measure the height of a plant each week; height of a triangle for its area. In everyday life: a height chart on the wall, rides with a height limit. Phrases: «in height», «the height of», «afraid of heights», «height limit».

Examples

• And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be four-square; and the height thereof shall be three cubits. (Torah EXO.27.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he made the table of acacia-wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. (Torah EXO.37.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, four-square, and three cubits the height thereof. (Torah EXO.38.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Is not God in the height of heaven? (Writings JOB.22.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• Praise ye the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the heights. (Writings PSA.148.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Folly is set on great heights, and the rich sit in low place. (Writings ECC.10.6, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A length (cm, m), so it is compared or added like other lengths; with length and width it gives volume (l × w × h). Trap: compare heights in the same unit. Spelling: height ends in -ght but rhymes with «kite» (not like «eight»). Adjective: high, tall.