high

adverb [-er/-est only] (AT LARGE DISTANCE)

/hɑɪ/

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› at or to a large distance from the ground: The Concorde flies much higher than most airplanes.

(Definition of high adverb (AT LARGE DISTANCE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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