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1) "High" -- As to high school classmate 1high Pronunciation: 'hI Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hEah; akin to Old High German hOh high, Lithuanian kaukaras hill 1 a : having large extension upward : taller than average, usual, or expected <a high wall> b : having a specified elevation : TALL <six feet high> -- often used in combinations <sky-high> <waist-high> c : situated or passing above the normal level, surface, base of measurement, or elevation <the high desert> 2 a (1) : advanced toward the acme or culmination <high summer> (2) : advanced toward the most active or culminating period <on the Riviera during high season> (3) : constituting the late, most fully developed, or most creative stage or period <high Gothic> (4) : advanced in complexity, development, or elaboration <the higher primates including humans> <higher mathematics> b : verging on lateness -- usually used in the phrase high time c : long past : REMOTE <high antiquity> 3 : elevated in pitch <a high note> 4 : relatively far from the equator <high latitude> 5 : rich in quality : LUXURIOUS <high living> 6 : slightly tainted <high game>; also : MALODOROUS <smelled rather high> 7 : exalted in character : NOBLE <high purposes> 8 : of greater degree, amount, cost, value, or content than average, usual, or expected <high prices> 9 : of relatively great importance: as a : foremost in rank, dignity, or standing <high officials> b : High Church, a tradition or approach within certain Christian denominations High culture, the most sophisticated culture of a society High end High Middle Ages a period of "canonical" development or greatest achievements High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia High pressure area, a meteorological region where the atmospheric pressure is greatest High school, short form, as in Fast Times at Ridgemont High High society, the interaction of the upper class ..." 2) "School" -- As to high school classmate 1school Pronunciation: 'skül Function: noun Etymology: Middle English scole, from Old English scOl, from Latin schola, from Greek scholE leisure, discussion, lecture, school; perhaps akin to Greek echein to hold -- more at SCHEME 1 : an organization that provides instruction: as a : an institution for the teaching of children b : COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY c (1) : a group of scholars and teachers pursuing knowledge together that with similar groups constituted a medieval university (2) : one of the four faculties of a medieval university (3) : an institution for specialized higher education often associated with a university <the school of engineering> d : an establishment offering specialized instruction <a secretarial school> <driving schools> 2 a (1) : the process of teaching or learning especially at a school (2) : attendance at a school (3) : a session of a school b : a school building c : the students attending a school; also : its teachers and students 3 : a source of knowledge <experience was his school> 4 a : a group of persons who hold a common doctrine or follow the same teacher (as in philosophy, theology, or medicine) <the Aristotelian school>; also : the doctrine or practice of such a group b : a group of artists under a common influence c : a group of persons of similar opinions or behavior; also : the shared opinions or behavior of such a group <other schools of thought> 5 : the regulations governing military drill of individuals or units; also : the exercises carried out <the school of the soldier> Pronunciation Symbols

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