Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - height

~ n 1 »TALL« a) how tall someone is  (sb's height)  (State your age, height, and weight. | be the same/right etc height)  (My daughter's already about the same height as I am.) b) the distance between the base and the top of something  (What's the height of the Empire State Building? | in height)  (Some of the pyramids are over 200 feet in height.) 2 »DISTANCE ABOVE THE GROUND« a particular distance above the ground  (It's a miracle she didn't break her neck falling from that height. | at a height of 10,000 feet) 3 gain/lose height if an aircraft gains height or loses height, it moves higher in the sky or it drops lower in the sky  (The plane was rapidly losing height.) 4 »HIGH PLACE« heights plural a) places that are a long way above the ground  (Rachel had always been scared of heights. | have a head for heights (=not be afraid of heights)) b) a particular high place  (the Golan Heights) 5 reach/attain/rise to new heights a) to reach a very high level of achievement or success  (Her career rose to new heights. | take sth to new heights)  (Torville and Dean took ice dancing to new heights.) b) to reach a very great level or degree  (War fever had reached new heights.) 6 the height of the part of a period of time that is the busiest, hottest etc, or when there is the most activity  (the height of the tourist season) 7 be at the height of your success/fame/powers etc to be at the time when you are most successful, famous etc  (The Beatles were at the height of their fame.) 8 be the height of fashion/stupidity/luxury etc to be extremely fashionable, stupid etc  (Flared trousers were considered to be the height of fashion in those days.)