—Look at the picture at stationery .
high .ly © / 'haili/ adverb
very or very much
Their children are highly intelligent. She has a highly paid job.
very well
I think very highly of your work (= I think it is very good ) .
High • ness / ' hainss / noun [ count ]
( plural High . ness . es )
a word that you use when speaking to or about a royal person
Yes, Your Highness.
high school ® / hai skul / noun [ count, noncount ]
a school for young people between the ages of 14 and 18 Beth and I went to the same high school. He's a senior in high school. Word building
In the U.S., children start elementary school when they are 5. The first year of this is called kindergarten
When children are around 11 years old, they move to middle school (or junior high school ), and when they reach the age of around 14, they start high school .
Each year of school is called a grade . When a child is around 6 years old they are in first grade , and the last year of high school is the twelfth grade .
high-tech ( also hi-tech ) / |hai ' tek / adjective
( informal )
using the most modern methods and machines, especially electronic ones
He's got a lot of high-tech video equipment.
high .way & / 'haiwei/ noun [ count ]
a big road between towns or cities There was a lot of traffic on the highway. Take the highway and get off at exit 18. Thesaurus
road a hard surface made for vehicles to travel on. The short way of writing "Road" in addresses is Rd. : My address is 32 Danfield Rd., St Louis. ♦ country/mountain roads ♦ Where does this road go? ♦ I live on a very busy road. ♦ Take the first road on the left.
street a road in a city or town that has buildings on one or both sides. The short way of writing "Street" in addresses is St. : 1281 Tobin St. ♦ a street map of San Francisco ♦ You can't drive down there. It's a one-way street. ♦ They live across the street from us.
highway a big road that connects cities and towns: Highway 101 between Ventura and Los Angeles ♦ Take the highway to Flagstaff. ♦ There was a traffic jam on the highway.
lane one part of a larger road, marked with painted lines to keep lines of traffic separate: a four-lane highway ♦ You're in the wrong lane for turning right. avenue a wide street in a city or town. This word is often used in the names of city streets, and can be written as Ave. : 109 Fifth Ave. ♦ We stayed at a hotel on Lexington Avenue.
hi • jack / ' haid3®k / verb ( hi jacks , hi jack . ing , hi . jacked )
to take control of an airplane or a car, and make the pilot or driver take you somewhere
hi • jack • er / ' haIdзжkэr / noun [ count ] The hijackers threatened to blow up the plane.
hi • jack • ing / ' haid3®kig / noun [count, noncount] the hijacking of a U.S. airplane
hike / haik / noun [ cou nt ]
a long walk in the country
We went on a ten-mile hike over the weekend.
hike verb ( hikes , hik ing , hiked )
They went hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
hi • lar • i • ous / hi ' leriэs / adjective
very funny
That new TV show is hilarious. hill О /Ы/ noun [ count]
( geography ) a high piece of land that is not as high as a mountain
I pushed my bike up the hill. Their house is at the top of the hill .
