Dec 4, 2016 · high 2 of 3 adverb 1 : at or to a high place, altitude, level, or degree climbed higher passions ran high 2 : well, luxuriously

higher adjective (EDUCATION) [ before noun ] used to refer to an advanced level of education:

higher above, taller: That mountain is higher than the others.; a greater amount: Prices are higher in the city than in the country.

My friends pulled me back but it snapped again and grabbed my hip a bit higher up.

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

When something is described as higher, it's more advanced, difficult, or complex. Higher education is what you learn in college or graduate school, and it's more complicated than high school.

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.

2 : located toward the north in the higher latitudes 3 : above another or others in position, rank, or order higher and lower courts

Tall is applied either to something that is high in proportion to its breadth, or to anything higher than the average of its kind: a tall tree, building. Towering is applied to something that rises to a great or …

Higher definition: the comparative of high. See examples of HIGHER used in a sentence.