HIGHT Definition & Meaning

hight

[ hahyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Archaic. called or named:
Childe Harold was he hight.

hight

[ hahyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

height.

hight

/ ��ɪ�� /

verb

archaic.
tr; used only as a past tense in the passive or as a past participle to name; call
a maid hight Mary

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of hight¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English heht, reduplicated preterit of ��ٲ�� to name, call, promise, command (cognate with German heissen to call, be called, mean); akin to behest

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of hight¹

Old English heht, from hatan to call; related to Old Norse heita, Old Frisian ��ŧ�ٲ�, Old High German heizzan

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He owns Hight Logistics, a medium-size fleet operator for trucks that transfer freight in and out of the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

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Diaz grew up in Watts and worked in freight logistics before launching Hight from his house with a small fleet of diesel cabs.

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Hight now operates a warehouse and truck yard near the Long Beach airport, with 70 trucks — 50 diesel, 20 electric.

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“Forum reached out to me saying they were a startup company and wanted to start a program with turnkey solutions” — truck leasing, maintenance and charging, including chargers installed at the Hight truck yard.

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Subsidies from state, local and federal sources flow through to Forum and Hight, allowing Diaz’s electric trucks — from Volvo, Daimler and BYD — to make a profit.

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