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 definition: 1.
comparative of high 2.
used to refer to an advanced level of education: 3.
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higher above, taller: That mountain is higher than the others.; a greater amount: Prices are higher in the city than in the country.
HIGHER definition: the comparative of high See examples of higher used in a sentence.
More affluent households were driving spending higher, while many continued to feel squeezed by rising prices and stagnant incomes.
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.
Definition of higher adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word higher, one of which is labelled obsolete.
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2 : located toward the north in the higher latitudes 3 : above another or others in position, rank, or order higher and lower courts
