(~er, ~est)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Someone or something that is ~ has a greater height than is normal or average.
Being ~ can make you feel incredibly self-confident...
The windows overlooked a lawn of ~ waving grass.
ADJ
2.
You use ~ to ask or talk about the height of someone or something.
How ~ are you?...
I’m only 5ft ~, and I look younger than my age...
ADJ: how ADJ, amount ADJ, as ADJ as , ADJ-compar than
3.
If something is a ~ order, it is very difficult.
Financing your studies may seem like a ~ order, but there is plenty of help available.
PHRASE: N inflects, v-link PHR
4.
If you say that someone walks ~, you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they have pride in themselves and in what they are doing.
PHRASE: V inflects