High 2 of 3 adverb 1 Higher can be defined as something that is positioned or located at a greater distance from the ground, or at a greater level or rank in a hierarchical structure. At or to a high place, altitude, level, or degree climbed higher passions ran high 2
Higher adjective (education) [ before noun ] used to refer to an advanced level of education: Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. That mountain is higher than the others.
See examples of higher used in a sentence. My friends pulled me back but it snapped again and grabbed my hip a bit higher up. Tall is applied either to something that is high in proportion to its breadth, or to anything higher than the average of its kind Towering is applied to something that rises to a great or conspicuous height as compared with something else
There are 11 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word higher, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Definition of higher adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
