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Meaning of high up | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

In a high or elevated position.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Ελληνικά άγναντος
Esperanto alte
Latina sursum

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

high-handedly high-heartedly high-key high-mindedly higher higher off the hog

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