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Definition of Heights
1. Noun. A high place. "He doesn't like heights"
Definition of Heights
1. Noun. (plural of height) ¹
2. Noun. A general term for a neighborhood or other development built on a hill or mountain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heights
1. height [n] - See also: height
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heights
Literary usage of Heights
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"The heights we are now able to assign to the great summits will, at any rate,
... A continuous series of trigonometrical heights have now been carried ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"These upper heights, however, rapidly recede from the river bank, ... But near Dr.
Taylor's house, where the upper heights commence to recede from the river ..."
3. From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet (1908)
"Description of the Field—Marye's heights—Position of the Troops of Longstreet's
Command—General Jackson called down from Orange Court-House, ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In these heights, Elk Ridge, lying west of South Mountain, from which it is
separated by ... The heights are almost inaccessible, capable of strong defense, ..."
5. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1905)
"MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN ELLIS WOOL TO WL STONE ON THE BATTLE OF QUEENSTOWN heights IN
OCTOBER, 1812. Printed from the original manuscript in the New York Public ..."
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