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Julie Dryfus and I were both afraid of heights and in one scene, I had to be quite high up and I was rather terrified, but Julie was very kind, encouraging me and we got through that together.
Chiaki Kuriyama

Meaning of "high up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH UP

high up  [haɪ ʌp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGH UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
High up is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HIGH UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of high up in the English dictionary

The definition of high up in the dictionary is Someone who is high up in a profession or society has a very important position. Other definition of high up is If something is high up, it is a long way above the ground, above sea level, or above a person or thing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIGH UP


lace-up
leɪs ʌp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH UP

high spot
high stakes
High Street
high summer
high table
High Tatra
high tea
high tech
high technology
high tension
high tide
high time
high tops
high treason
high voltage
high water
high wire
high wire artist
High Wycombe
high yellow

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH UP

bash up
brush up
cash up
catch up
cough up
dish up
earth up
fetch up
hush up
polish up
psych up
rough up
stitch up
touch up
wash up
weigh up

Synonyms and antonyms of high up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «high up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH UP

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

Translator English - Chinese

高达
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alto
570 millions of speakers

English

high up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊपर उच्च
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عاليا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

высоко
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উঁচুতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

haut
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tinggi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hoch oben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

最大高
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

높은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwur munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cao lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர் வரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उंच, वर, उच्च स्थानी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yüksek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

in alto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysoko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

високо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψηλά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

högt upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høyt oppe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of high up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH UP»

The term «high up» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.133 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «high up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «high up» 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 high up

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7 QUOTES WITH «HIGH UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word high up.
1
James M. Barrie
Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that.
2
Laurence Housman
The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for satire) politics, and the lives of the great and little, high up in the social scale.
3
Chiaki Kuriyama
Julie Dryfus and I were both afraid of heights and in one scene, I had to be quite high up and I was rather terrified, but Julie was very kind, encouraging me and we got through that together.
4
Pierre Loti
I was at that time like a fledgling swallow living high up in a niche in the eaves, who from time to time peeps out over the top of its nest with its little bright eyes.
5
Andy Pick
A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.
6
Tahyna Tozzi
I always wanted to be an actress. It's been very high up on my list of passions, and I did a couple of short courses, and I've studied at school.
7
Honeysuckle Weeks
I tried doing yoga, but I have dislocating shoulders, one of which has been pinned, so I find things such as yoga and pilates, where you have to stretch quite high up with your arms and things, quite difficult.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH UP»

Discover the use of high up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to high up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Helga High-Up
Helga the giraffe finds her incredible height very useful when she helps capture a robber.
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, 1987
2
High Up in the Rolling Hills: A Living on the Land
A Living on the Land Peter Finch. Then, in June, with most of the early-season seeds planted and crops poking up, the rains abandoned us. The heat came, but the rains stayed away or passed us by. I watered, the plants stayed small and got  ...
Peter Finch, 2013
3
A Collection of Confusible Phrases
I demand to talk to the high man on the totem pole. high-up man (coll) a person of high place or rank: Browning said he has talked to a 'high-up' man in the International Skating Union who previewed serious changes to be considered at the ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
4
The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Anthologies
Bears. Arthur Guiterman. PoRA High up here I live. My Room. Marceline Desbordes-VaJmore. WoPoe. tr. by Edmund Charles Blunden High up on a snowy peak. Ivan Alekseievich Bunin. TCRP High up there she saw what. Stuff. Linda Gregg.
Tessa Kale, 2002
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Up high! Friendly words to those within and to those without ...
... righteousness and salvation, to subdue your iniquities, and to keep you from all temptation. Ah, there is an arm that can bring you out of the very depths of misery and sin, and can give you a place among the saints of the Most High. " Up high ...
George Everard, 1884
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“Israel in the Wilderness;” or, Gleanings from the Scenes of ...
In the faces of perpendicular rocks, to travellers without appliances, 20 feet, or 12 feet, or 100 feet, are alike inaccessible. With this in mind, we will proceed to the descriptions and measurements of Grey. ' No. 60. Rock high up (12 feet)' ' 62.
Charles FORSTER (Rector of Stisted.), 1865
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Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards
Also used as roofing membrane; generally covered with Hypalon. applicable Polyester solvent Limited application in field: over cementitious surfaces. metal. plywood for high up to l5 good to good to good to good good to exterior exposures.
Leonard J. Hopper, 2012
8
Spirits of the High Mesa
They found him high up on a pine tree, trap and all. From up high among the branches the bear growled. El Grande moved around to get a good shot with his trusty .30-. 30. He fired three shots. Quick as the rain, blood ran down the trunk of the ...
Floyd Martínez, 1997
9
The one primeval language: traced experimentally through ...
In the faces of perpendicular rocks, to travellers without appliances, 20 feet, or 12 feet, or 100 feet, are alike inaccessible. With this in mind, we will proceed to the descriptions and measurements of Gray. " No. 60. Rock high up ( 12 ...
Charles Forster, 1852
10
The one primeval Language, traced experimentally through ...
Rock high up (12 feet)." " 62. Same place." " 65. Fragment high up." " 66. Rock high up." " 75. Rock high up." " 77. Fragment high up." " 90. Rock high up." " 11. Rock high up in a remote place, — cross letter hardly accessible." " 17. Fallen rock ...
Charl. de Forster, 1851

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term high up is used in the context of the following news items.
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South Yorkshire rockers While She Sleeps ready to wake up Leeds …
Aaran, aged 26, from Eckington, says: “This is the third consecutive year we've done it and we're pretty high up on the bill. It should be a great ... «South Yorkshire Times, Jul 15»
2
York City 1 Leeds United 1: Plans hit by injury to striker Wood …
On the basis of Byram's aerial ability, it is no surprise that Rosler sees merit in pushing him high up the pitch. Erwin and Byram played out wide, ... «Yorkshire Evening Post, Jul 15»
3
HTC Vive is the future of virtual reality - Business Insider
The posts were holding small cubes high up above my head that emitted invisible lasers, which helped the Vive and the multiple sensors all ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
4
Power Ranking Main British and Irish Contenders at the Open at St …
... winner of the event at the home of golf. Here are six players perhaps most likely to feature high up on the leaderboard over the four days. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
5
Why Arsenal WILL NOT win the league with Giroud - The Highbury …
... not solely fall on Olivier Giroud in terms of title capabilities, with another centre back and defensive midfielder high up the transfer wish list. «The Highbury Clock, Jul 15»
6
Yes to La Masia, no to Qatar - Benedito's vision for Barcelona - Goal …
"There can be variations but the current style, with control of the ball, pressing high up the pitch to win it back, players attacking out wide - that's ... «Goal.com, Jul 15»
7
Liverpool Transfer News: Midfielder snubs move, shocking £46m bid …
The 21-year-old, who moved to the San Siro in January 2013, is understood to be high up on Brendan Rodgers' summer shopping list. «Daily Star, Jul 15»
8
Touring the Modern Marvel that is Drew Charter School - Curbed …
It had a "yard" where the inmate, uh, students gathered (an expanse of concrete), lots of more concrete and brick, windows high up to allow ... «Curbed National, Jul 15»
9
Special ceremony for little Nuneaton leavers | Nuneaton News
Little leavers at Tiny Tots Nursery in Stockingford tossed hand-made mortar board hats high up in the air to mark the end of their time at the ... «Nuneaton News, Jul 15»
10
Jim Wells says wife Grace 'will get out of hospital soon, but she'll not …
Most Read; Most Shared; Most Commented. Jim Wells gazes out from high up in the Waterfront Hall last April 25, two ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»

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