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high up

high up is the alternative form of high-up.

Meaning of high-up

Adjective

high-up (comparative more high-up, superlative most high-up)

  1. High; elevated or tall.

Adverb

high up (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) In a high or elevated position.
    • From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52
    • Her underwear was hanging high up in a tree.2026 August 13, Nicholas Muhoro, “Dutch Medical Student Sophia Koetsier Vanished in Uganda in 2015. An Unknown Man’s DNA Was Later Found on Her Clothing”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original...

Forms of high up

comparativemore high up
superlativemost high up

Questions about high up

What does high up mean?
High up means in a high or elevated position.
What is high up the alternative form of?
High up is the alternative form of high-up.
What part of speech is high up?
High up is an adverb.

Words near high up in the dictionary

  1. High Town
  2. high treason
  3. high tunnel
  4. high tunnels
  5. high undern
  6. high up
  7. high vacuum
  8. high vacuums
  9. High Valyrian
  10. high voltage
  11. high voltages

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