Definition of high/top marks
- I'll give them high/top marks for honesty.
: rising or extending upward a great distance : taller than average, usual, or expected
: having a specified height or elevation : tall
: situated or passing above the normal level, surface, base of measurement, or elevation
: at or to a high place, altitude, level, or degree
: well, luxuriously
: an elevated place or region: such as
: hill, knoll
: the space overhead : sky
: the highest point, level, or part of something : summit, crown
: a garment worn on the upper body
: the head of a plant
: of, relating to, or being at the top : uppermost
: chief, leading
: of the highest quality, amount, or degree
: to be or become higher than : overtop
: to be superior to : excel, surpass
: to gain ascendancy over : dominate
: a commonly cylindrical or conoidal device that has a tapering point on which it is made to spin and that is used especially as a toy
: place : locality
: topology
: a boundary land
: a conspicuous object serving as a guide for travelers
: something (such as a line, notch, or fixed object) designed to record position
: to fix or trace out the bounds or limits of
: to plot the course of : chart
: to set apart by or as if by a line or boundary
: any of various old European units of weight used especially for gold and silver
: a unit of value:
: an old English unit equal to 13s 4d
: an early Jewish Christian traditionally identified as the writer of the Gospel of Mark —called also John Mark
: the second Gospel (see 1gospel 1) in the New Testament — see Bible Table
: a king of Cornwall, uncle of Tristram, and husband of Isolde
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