hight
pronunciation
How to pronounce hight in British English:
UK [haɪt]
How to pronounce hight in American English:
US [haɪt]
Word Origin
- hight (v.)
- "named, called" (archaic), from levelled past participle of Middle English highte, from Old English hatte "I am called" (passive of hatan "to call, name, command") merged with heht "called," active past tense of the same verb. Hatte was the only survival in Old English of the old Germanic synthetic passive tense. The word is related to Old Norse heita, Dutch heten, German heißen, Gothic haitan "to call, be called, command" (see cite).
Example
- 1. The restaurant is just off the hight street .
- 2. We stopped ten minutes later at some abandoned rest stop five miles from the hight way .
- 3. Do not seat your love upon a precipice because it is hight .
- 4. I am deeply impressed by your design , and the hight quality of your products .
- 5. Take three-point clutch to control , without failure , with hight safety .