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Definition of "taller" []

  • Comparative form of tall: more tall (adjective)

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Use "taller" in a sentence
  • "Thus, if Simmias is taller than Socrates, it is only Simmias's height that is identified with Simmias's tallness (and hence said to correspond to the concept ˜taller than™), whereas Socrates's height is identified with Socrates's shortness (and hence said to correspond to the concept ˜shorter than™)."
  • "Thus, when Simmias is taller than Socrates, there is one accident corresponding to the concept ˜taller than™"
  • "Thus, when Simmias is taller than Socrates, reductivists and non-reductivists are agreed that it is an accident of Simmias that directly corresponds to (or as they would prefer to say, is primarily signified by) the concept ˜taller than™, and an accident of Socrates that is primarily signified by the concept ˜shorter than™."