Definition of tallest Tallest

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What does tallest mean?

Part of speech

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  • tallest, adjective, superlative of tall.

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: talls

tall - a garment size for a tall person

Adjective

tall, taller, tallest

tall - great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"
  little, short small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context); "a nice little job"; "bless your little heart"; "my dear little mother"; "a sweet little deal"; "I'm tired of your petty little schemes"; "filthy little tricks"; "what a nasty little situation"
  large, big having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
  high happy and excited and energetic
  stature, height (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
  gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy tall and thin
  in height having a specified height; "five feet tall"; "five feet in height"
  long-legged, long-shanked, leggy having long legs
  tall-growing, leggy having long legs
  long having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply"
  long-stalked, tall-stalked of plants having relatively long stalks
  statuesque, stately of size and dignity suggestive of a statue
tall - impressively difficult; "a tall order"
  difficult, hard not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
tall - lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
  grandiloquent, magniloquent
  rhetorical given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"
tall - too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story"
  improbable, marvelous, marvellous
  incredible, unbelievable beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • tall (superl.)
    High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast.
  • tall (superl.)
    Brave; bold; courageous.
  • tall (superl.)
    Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • tall
    Having a vertical extent greater than the average; Having the upper end, tip, top, head, etc. a long way up; Having a great vertical extent (often greater than the horizontal extent); High.
  • tall
    Having a vertical extent greater than the average, said about a person.
  • tall
    Hard to believe (a story, a tale).

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • tall
    tawl, adj. high, esp. in stature: lofty: long: sturdy: bold: courageous: great, remarkable: demanding much credulity, hardly to be believed.—n. Tall′ness. [Ety. very dub.; perh. conn. with W. tal, large.]

Part of speech

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  • tall, adjective.

Pronunciation

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