slovo | definícia |
highflying (encz) | highflying,ambiciózní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Highflying (gcide) | Highflying \High"fly`ing\, a.
1. Extravagant in opinions or ambition. "Highflying,
arbitrary kings." --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. Flying at a high altitude; -- of airplanes.
[PJC]
3. Having an excessively high cost or perceived value;
temporarily very successful; -- of objects with respect to
a market and people in their occupations; as, highflying
internet stocks; highflying executives moving between
companies.
[PJC] |
highflying (wn) | highflying
adj 1: moving upward or along at a considerable height; "some
highflying fighter pilot fired a cannon shell into it"
2: extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions;
"they did not understand what had happend at the once
highflying company" |
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Highflying (gcide) | Highflying \High"fly`ing\, a.
1. Extravagant in opinions or ambition. "Highflying,
arbitrary kings." --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. Flying at a high altitude; -- of airplanes.
[PJC]
3. Having an excessively high cost or perceived value;
temporarily very successful; -- of objects with respect to
a market and people in their occupations; as, highflying
internet stocks; highflying executives moving between
companies.
[PJC] |
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