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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
altitude
/ˈælt.ɪˌtjuːd/
noun
the height of something above sea level
- “At that altitude the weather can change rapidly without warning.”Tatoeba
- “At this altitude, the weather can change quickly and without warning.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)