height

/haɪt/ noun

Translation

HOW TALL [C, U] › how tall or high something or someone is

boy, yükseklik

a man of average height The tower measures 27.28 metres in height.1400

HOW FAR UP [C, U] › how far above the ground something is

yükseklik, irtifa, rakım

The aircraft was flying at a height of about 6000 metres.1400

TALL [U] › being tall

boy, yükseklik

People always make comments about his height.1400

the height of sth › the strongest or most important part of something

en son derece, en üst nokta, doruk

I met him when he was at the height of his fame.1854

(Definition of height noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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