At or to a high place, altitude, level, or degree climbed higher passions ran high 2 Towering is applied to something that rises to a great or conspicuous height as compared with something else That mountain is higher than the others.
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Prices are higher in the city than in the country.
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Used to refer to an advanced level of education My friends pulled me back but it snapped again and grabbed my hip a bit higher up. 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 Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Tall is applied either to something that is high in proportion to its breadth, or to anything higher than the average of its kind
