tall applies to what grows or rises high by comparison with others of its kind and usually implies relative narrowness.

In a tall organizational structure, employees often lie at the bottom of a long chain of supervisors, managers, and executives.

You use tall to ask or talk about the height of someone or something. How tall are you? I'm only 5ft tall, and I look younger than my age. I am already as tall as she is.

You use tall to describe things which are higher than usual, but which are also much higher than they are wide. So, for example, you talk about a tall tree or a tall chimney.

TALL definition: having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: tall grass. See examples of tall used in a sentence.

6 days ago · tall (comparative taller, superlative tallest) (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered …

• Martin was tall and thin, with curly blond hair. • Who is that tall bloke standing next to Diane? • It was then that she noticed a tall blond man busy coaching some young local boys in football. • At the age …

Definition of tall adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

TALL meaning: 1 : greater in height than the average person, building, etc.; 2 : having a specified height

When it's not describing a person's stature, the adjective tall might refer to a beverage, like a tall glass of lemonade. A tall tale is an outlandish, hard-to-believe story, and a tall order is a really unreasonable …