HOW TO PRONOUNCE
height
/haɪt/
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Use the long “i” vowel in “high.”
Height has the vowel of high. Finish with t rather than a th sound, keeping the whole word to one syllable.
1 syllable
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“We measured the height of the tree.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does height mean?
noun
- The distance from the base to the top of something.
- The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
- The minimum distance from a vertex of a triangle to (the extension of) the edge opposite, namely along a line perpendicular to the edge.
More meanings (8)
noun
- The amplitude of a sinusoid.
- The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.
- A high point.
- (figuratively) The highest point or maximum degree.
- A mountain, especially a very high one.
- An area of land at the top of a cliff.
- 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.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/haɪt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
“Oh, yes, no doubt. But as soon as our religion grew to any height at all we left them out, of course.”
As I raised my eyes toward its roof to note the height I saw far above me a faint glow of light.
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Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height.
The white-haired man, who I knew was a good six feet in height, sat a head below any one of the three.
Aubrey had the better of the encounter in height, weight, and more than twenty years juniority, but fortune played for the bookseller.