MSN: Mark Your Calendars, Hell’s Kitchen — the Tall Ships Are Coming Back for the “Semiquincentennial”
Mark Your Calendars, Hell’s Kitchen — the Tall Ships Are Coming Back for the “Semiquincentennial”
high, tall, lofty mean above the average in height. high implies marked extension upward and is applied chiefly to things which rise from a base or foundation or are placed at a conspicuous height above a lower level.
TALL meaning: 1. of more than average height, or of a particular height: 2. of more than average height, or of a…. Learn more.
- having a relatively great height or stature. 2. having stature or height as specified: a man six feet tall. 3. large in amount or degree: a tall price. 4. exaggerated; improbable: a tall tale. 5. high-flown; grandiloquent: tall talk.
TALL definition: having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: tall grass. See examples of tall used in a sentence.
You use tall to ask or talk about the height of someone or something. How tall are you? I'm only 5ft tall, and I look younger than my age. I am already as tall as she is.
If you can easily slap the ceiling with the palm of your hand, you're tall. The measure of your height tells you exactly how tall you are.
tall (comparative taller, superlative tallest) (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall. antonym quotations Antonym: short Being tall is an advantage in basketball.
Known locally as Sagarmatha and standing at a breathtaking height of 8,848.86 meters and in kilometres is 8.84886 km (29,031.7 feet), Everest is more than just the world’s tallest mountain—it’s a cultural icon, a natural wonder, and a dream for adventurers.