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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
Saint Augustine

Meaning of "heights" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEIGHTS

heights  [ˈhaɪts] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEIGHTS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heights is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HEIGHTS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of heights in the English dictionary

The first definition of heights in the dictionary is an area of high ground. Other definition of heights is the state of being far above the ground. Heights is also a high levelto reach new heights to become higher than ever before.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEIGHTS


brights
braɪts
daylights
ˈdeɪˌlaɪts
Dolomites
ˈdɒləˌmaɪts
footlights
ˈfʊtˌlaɪts
highlights
ˈhaɪlaɪts
knights
naɪts
lights
laɪts
lowlights
ˈləʊlaɪts
nights
naɪts
rights
raɪts
sights
saɪts
tights
taɪts
whites
waɪts

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEIGHTS

heifer
Heifetz
heigh-ho
height
height gauge
height of land
height-to-paper
heighten
heightened
heightener
heightism
Heilbronn
Heilong Jiang
Heilongjiang
Heiltsuk
Heilungkiang
Heimdal
Heimdall
Heimdallr
heimish

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEIGHTS

animal rights
Arabian Nights
Bill of Rights
bragging rights
bright lights
by rights
Christmas lights
civil rights
hazard lights
hazard warning lights
human rights
northern lights
polar lights
proprietary rights
the bright lights
thoughts
Thousand and One Nights
to rights
traffic lights
voting rights
Wuthering Heights

Synonyms and antonyms of heights in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HEIGHTS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «heights» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of heights

Translation of «heights» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEIGHTS

Find out the translation of heights to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heights from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heights» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alturas
570 millions of speakers

English

heights
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊंचाइयों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المرتفعات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

высоты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alturas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hauteurs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketinggian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Höhen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

高さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

높이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwure
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cao
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயரத்துக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हाइट्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yükseklikleri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

altezze
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysokości
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

висоти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înălțimi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ύψη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoogtes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

höjder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høyder
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heights

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEIGHTS»

The term «heights» is very widely used and occupies the 6.328 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEIGHTS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heights» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heights» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heights

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10 QUOTES WITH «HEIGHTS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word heights.
1
Anthony Anderson
Set your heights more than what you see around you, see beyond.
2
Criss Angel
I have mentally overcome situations most of you would be terrified to ever attempt: heights, fire, needles, spiders, snakes, angry monkeys, being shot, being hit by a car, going blind - you name it, I have been in a situation where I have had to mentally overcome my inherent fears to do my job.
3
Saint Augustine
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
4
Fredrik Bajer
Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further heights.
5
Cyrano de Bergerac
I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.
6
Jack Black
I don't have any real spirituality in my life - I'm kind of an atheist - but when music can take me to the highest heights, it's almost like a spiritual feeling. It fills that void for me.
7
Lindy Booth
I'm terrified of heights, but I think there's something really beautiful about birds and soaring, having a bird's-eye view of the world.
8
Jeb Bush
When businesses go through hard times, through down markets, what do they do is they challenge every basic assumption of how they operate. They innovate. They create disruption for a while that leads them to even greater heights when the economy turns around.
9
Mark Canton
Being involved in movies is my passion. What's gotten me off the mat is the sense of the child in all of us. I feel like the same guy as I did back in the mail room, but with more wisdom, from the depths of experience to the heights.
10
Pete Carroll
People make mistakes all the time. We learn and grow. If there's patience and love, and you care for people, you can work them through it, and they can find their greatest heights.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEIGHTS»

Discover the use of heights in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heights and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government And ...
Taking a worldwide perspective, including Britain, where the process began with Mrs Thatcher, Europe and the former USSR, China, Latin America and the US, THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS shows how a revolution in ideas is transforming the world ...
Daniel Yergin, Joseph Stanislaw, 2008
2
The Boys in Chicago Heights: The Forgotten Crew of the ...
For the remainder of the twentieth century, the boys from Chicago Heights generated large streams of revenue for the Outfit through its vast gambling enterprises, union infiltration and stolen auto rackets.
Matthew J. Luzi, 2012
3
Lincoln Heights
Water and sewerage were provided by special assessment through the Works Progress Administration, there were no building and zoning code services, fire and police protection were virtually nonexistent, and street maintenance and lighting ...
Carolyn F. Smith, 2009
4
Chicago Heights
Chicago Heights is a multicultural tableau, depicting the story of nineteenth-century pioneers and twentiethcentury workers who built one of the most vibrant of the small, industrial cities of the Midwest.
Dominic Candeloro, Barbara Paul, 2004
5
Wuthering Heights in Plain and Simple English (Includes ...
If you need a little help understanding it, let BookCaps help with this study guide. Along with chapter-by-chapter summaries and analysis, this book features the full text of Brontë's classic novel is also included.
Emily Brontë, BookCaps, 2012
6
Wuthering Heights
Published in 1845, Emily Bronte’s gothic novel set on the windy moors of Yorkshire is the story of the doomed love between Catherine Earnshaw and her father’s adopted son, Heathcliff.
Emily Bronte, 1858
7
Crown Heights: Blacks, Jews, and the 1991 Brooklyn Riot
On the afternoon of August 19, 1991, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the spiritual leader of the worldwide Lubavitch Hasidic movement headquartered in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, visited the Old Montefiore Cemetery in ...
Edward S. Shapiro, 2006
8
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
A lively, in-depth discussion of WUTHERING HEIGHTS.
Frances McCarthy, Michael Spring, 1984
9
On the Heights of Despair
An exorcism of despair, this book offers insights into the ironic anguish of Cioran's philosophic mind while providing fascinating information on his early development as a writer and thinker.
E. M. Cioran, 1996
10
Seaside Heights
Seaside Heights tells the history of a timeless seashore resort community located on a barrier island nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and Barnegat Bay.
Christopher J. Vaz, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEIGHTS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heights is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Canada's golden trampolinist Rosie MacLennan aims for new heights
Rosie MacLennan was Canada's only gold medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning it by compiling the highest score ever tallied in a ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
2
Town, civic association fund major renovations at Gordon Heights
James Freeman, right, president of the Gordon Heights Civic Association, holds up a diagram of the proposed changed for Gordon Heights ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
3
Gold Financial Services opens in Harker Heights
HARKER HEIGHTS — Gold Financial Services and the Harker Heights Chamber of Commerce celebrated the business' new location at 100 E. «The Killeen Daily Herald, Jul 15»
4
Male pedestrian struck in Lawrence Heights
A man suffered life-threatening injuries after he was struck and possibly run over by a car in Toronto's Lawrence Heights neighbourhood early ... «CP24 Toronto's Breaking News, Jul 15»
5
Airway Heights mayor rejects calls to resign over online comments
The Airway Heights mayor is refusing to resign after posting comments last week to his personal Facebook page that City Council members say ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
6
78-year-old Sterling Heights man fights back against carjacker in …
A 78-year-old man from Sterling Heights is recovering after he was attacked by a carjacker in Detroit on Saturday morning. The man, born and ... «WDIV Detroit, Jul 15»
7
Cleveland Heights would pay transition fee to join Cleveland …
About 50 residents -- many of them members of a new group, Cleveland Heights Citizens for Safe, Affordable Water -- attended Monday's ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
8
Nearly 300 without power in Mayfield Heights
FirstEnergy's tracker estimates that power will be restored by 10 p.m. Tuesday for those without power in Mayfield Heights. Cleveland Heights ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
9
Muskegon Heights starts $1.8M demolition of blight homes, aims for …
Blight demolition in Muskegon Heights Crews started tearing down boarded-up homes in Muskegon Heights Monday, July 13. Print Email. «MLive.com, Jul 15»
10
Brighton Heights man sentenced to jail for decapitating Chihuahua
A Brighton Heights man who decapitated his parents' Chihuahua last year will spend up to two years in a state prison, an Allegheny County ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»

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