height (EN)

noun

noun “height”

1. the measurement from the bottom to the top of an object, person or animal
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   My height is about 6'4, so I am quite tall.
2. the measurement of how far up something is from the ground
   The plane usually flies at a height of 10 km.
3. the peak or utmost level of something
   He reached the height of his career when he became CEO of the company.
4. in phonetics, the position of the tongue in relation to the mouth's roof when producing vowels
   In linguistics, the height of the vowel in "beat" is higher than in "bat" because the tongue is closer to the roof of the mouth.