highest en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈhaɪ.ɪst/
- (US) audio
Meanings
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(form-of, superlative) superlative form of high: most high
form of high
On the Guliya glacier in the western Kunlun, they hand-drilled three cores, including one from the twenty-two-thousand-foot summit that was the highest ever retrieved at the time.
2005, Mark Bowen, Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World's Highest Mountains, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 212:
Synonyms
exquisite · maximum · almighty · utmost · topmost · utmost · extreme · passing · highest · intense · ferocious · ultimate · maximal · raging · uttermost · ultimate · greatest · uppermost · maximum