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1 ♦ height
♦ height /haɪt/n. [cu]1 altezza; altezza sul livello del mare; altitudine; statura: of average height, di statura media; of medium height, di media statura; a giddy height, un'altezza vertiginosa; What's the height of that building?, qual è l'altezza di quell'edificio?; What is your height?, qual è la tua statura?; quanto sei alto?; He is six feet in height, è alto sei piedi (m 1,83 circa)2 altura; collina3 (fig.) apice; colmo; culmine; acme; massimo: to be at the height of one's success, essere all'apice del successo; the height of summer, piena estate; The war was at its height in June, la guerra raggiunse il culmine in giugno; the height of passion, il colmo (o l'acme) della passione; the height of fashion, l'ultima moda; the height of stupidity, il massimo della stupidità4 (aeron.) quota: to gain [to lose] height, guadagnare [perdere] quota● (geogr., USA) height of land, spartiacque □ height-sickness, mal di montagna □ (fig.) the dizzy heights, le vette vertiginose; le vette esaltanti: In few years she reached the dizzy heights of stardom, in pochi anni raggiunse le vette esaltanti della celebrità □ to reach (o to rise to) new heights, raggiungere livelli senza precedenti □ to take st. [sb.] to new heights, portare qc. [q.] a livelli mai raggiunti prima.
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