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height [haɪt] N

1. height (of person):

height of thing

высота́ f

2. height pl (high places):

верши́на f

to be afraid of heights

боя́ться высоты́

to attain great heights fig

дости́чь больши́х высо́т

to rise to giddy heights fig

подня́ться до головокружи́тельных высо́т

to scale (new) heights fig

покоря́ть но́вые верши́ны

3. height pl (hill):

возвы́шенность f

4. height (strongest point):

апоге́й m

кульмина́ция f

to be at the height of one's career

быть на верши́не успе́ха

the height of fashion

крик m мо́ды

5. height (the greatest degree):

вы́сшая сте́пень f

the height of folly/stupidity

верх m глу́пости/ту́пости

the height of kindness/patience

верх m любе́зности/терпе́ния

Usage examples with heights

to scale (new) heights fig

покоря́ть но́вые верши́ны

to attain great heights fig

дости́чь больши́х высо́т

fear of heights

боя́знь f высоты́

to be afraid of heights

боя́ться высоты́

to rise to giddy heights fig

подня́ться до головокружи́тельных высо́т

at the age of 35 she had already scaled the heights of her profession

в свои́ 35 лет она́ уже́ овладе́ла высо́тами профе́ссии

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English

These waves reach heights much greater than the original obstruction and so can permit gliders to climb to the stratosphere. en.wikipedia.org

They can also be built to multi-story heights. en.wikipedia.org

Heights vary from prostrate to 1.5 metres high. en.wikipedia.org

Unlike lemmings, weasels automatically have a floater if they fall from high heights. en.wikipedia.org

Heights, rivers, swamps, passes, choke points, and natural cover, can all be used in multiple ways. en.wikipedia.org

With so many dying and the rhetoric rising to new heights of insensitivity, we are becoming benumbed as a nation and as persons capable of caring for others. opinion.inquirer.net

From the heights of his castle he could survey the roads round about from above. en.wikipedia.org

A problem here arose from spasmodic transient radar echoes at heights of about 60 miles, arriving at a rate of five to 10 per hour. en.wikipedia.org

This plant is an aggressively growing vine which can climb to heights of 1020 ft. en.wikipedia.org

For the same reason, the heights of these triangles are equal to the hypotenuse times the cosine of the bisected angle. en.wikipedia.org

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