"higher" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /haɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhaɪ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /haɪɹ/ [General-American], /ˈhaɪ.ɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-higher.ogg [US]
enPR: hīr Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} higher
  1. comparative form of high: more high Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: high (extra: more high)
    Sense id: en-higher-en-adj-dBxdwgmp

Adverb

IPA: /haɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhaɪ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /haɪɹ/ [General-American], /ˈhaɪ.ɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-higher.ogg [US]
enPR: hīr Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adverb}} higher
  1. comparative form of high: more high Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: high (extra: more high)
    Sense id: en-higher-en-adv-dBxdwgmp

Noun

IPA: /haɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhaɪ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /haɪɹ/ [General-American], /ˈhaɪ.ɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-higher.ogg [US] Forms: highers [plural]
enPR: hīr Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} higher (plural highers)
  1. (Scotland, education) A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-higher-en-noun-2SY3TdDq Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 2 81 8 7 Topics: education

Verb

IPA: /haɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhaɪ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /haɪɹ/ [General-American], /ˈhaɪ.ɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-higher.ogg [US] Forms: highers [present, singular, third-person], highering [participle, present], highered [participle, past], highered [past]
enPR: hīr Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-verb}} higher (third-person singular simple present highers, present participle highering, simple past and past participle highered)
  1. (transitive) To make higher; to raise or increase in amount or quantity. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-higher-en-verb-fQL-wx1f
  2. (intransitive) To ascend. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-higher-en-verb-XhC09fM~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Coity Higher, Higher Buxton, Higher Heysham, Higher Hurst, Llanrhidian Higher

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "ref": "1847, George Crosby, Crosby's Parliamentary Record",
          "text": "It is a fact that other countries have not followed our example, nay, that they have in fact, in some cases, highered the duties upon the admission of our goods. But what has been the result of that policy upon the amount of your exports?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1903, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, Official Report of the Debates, House of Commons",
          "text": "I am glad also that my hon. friend the Minister of Finance had the firmness to oppose all these influences to make him change his policy, and I hope, for the good of the country and the blessing of the Dominion, that when any change takes place it will be in the direction of lowering rather than of highering the tariff.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make higher; to raise or increase in amount or quantity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ],
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make higher; to raise or increase in amount or quantity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ascend."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ascend",
          "ascend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To ascend."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/haɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪ.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haɪɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪ.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "hire"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-higher.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/61/En-us-higher.ogg/En-us-higher.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/En-us-higher.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hīr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "higher"
}

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