- having a relatively great height or stature. 2. having stature or height as specified: a man six feet tall. 3. large in amount or degree: a tall price. 4. exaggerated; improbable: a tall tale. 5. high-flown; grandiloquent: tall talk.
You use tall to ask or talk about the height of someone or something. How tall are you? I'm only 5ft tall, and I look younger than my age. I am already as tall as she is.
TALL definition: having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: tall grass. See examples of tall used in a sentence.
tall (comparative taller, superlative tallest) (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall. antonym quotations Antonym: short Being tall is an advantage in basketball.
adj. having great height: a tall man. having the height mentioned:[after a noun] a man six feet tall. large in amount or degree:[before a noun] Reducing the deficit—that's a tall order! exaggerated; not likely to be true:[before a noun] a tall tale. adv. in a proud, erect manner: to stand tall. n. Clothing [uncountable] a garment size for ...
The meaning of TALL is high in stature. How to use tall in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Tall.
(Definition of tall from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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