altitude
noun/ˈæltɪtuːd/
Frequency rank: #4,646 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the height of something above sea level or the ground.
Example sentence
The pilot announced that the plane was flying at a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet.
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