Higher

Word HIGHER
Character 6
Hyphenation higher
Pronunciations /ˈhaɪə/

Definitions and meanings of "Higher"

What do we mean by higher?

Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.

Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.

Having a specified elevation or height; tall.

Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.

Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).

Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.

(in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.

(in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.

Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.

(of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.

Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.

(with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.

(of a body of water) With tall waves.

Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).

(acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).

Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.

Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.

(of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.

Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.

(of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.

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The word "higher" in example sentences

[Illustration: _The water rose higher and higher_] ❋ Logan [Editor] Marshall (N/A)

He clumbed _lots_ higher -- an 'on up _higher_ -- an' higher ❋ Various (1887)

Now it is in the higher region of human experience, to which all physical categories are unequal, that we encounter those realities to which the Atonement is related, and in relation to which it is real; and we must insist upon these _higher_ realities, in their specific character, against a strong tendency in the scientifically trained modern mind, and still more in the general mind as influenced by it, to reduce them to the merely physical level. ❋ James Denney (1886)

In a democracy, education that merits the term "higher" depends on challenging entrenched inequality; it depends on the hope for change. ❋ Michael Roth (2011)

Essex owner Dave Perlman offers complimentary drinks when he underestimates the wait, but some customers still try to jump the line by claiming a name higher on the list. ❋ Anne Kadet (2011)

The more workers are employere, the higher is the chances of them getting medical coverages. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to reach a "strategic consensus" with India that reflects what he describes as a higher level relationship between the two rising world powers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Since the beginning of this new century, the United States has lost more than three million manufacturing jobs, three million more jobs have been lost to cheap overseas labor markets in the name of outsourcing as corporate America campaigns relentlessly for what it calls higher productivity, efficiency, and competitiveness. ❋ Unknown (2007)

President Bush is invoking what he calls a higher power to sell his amnesty plan for millions of illegal aliens. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The Arab world is right now behind the rest of the world on every barometer of what we call higher civilization. ❋ Unknown (2006)

PRETORIA, South Africa - White extremists threw eggs at city councilors Wednesday to protest what they called the higher service rates paid by whites compared to blacks. ❋ Unknown (1996)

She also questioned the term "higher judiciary", saying: "In what way did they give this general advice? ❋ Unknown (2011)

I tell you I would rather stay at home, than ever go through with some of the pangs you have cost me, in what you called your higher moods. ❋ Upton Sinclair (1923)

The use of a title higher than his own flattered the Inspector, and he was moved to graciousness. ❋ Unknown (1913)

In a book devoted to womanhood, and written at the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, the reader might well expect that what we call the higher education of women would be a subject treated at great length and with great respect. ❋ Unknown (1909)

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