higher meaning
EN
[ˈhaɪ.əɹ] [haɪə] 
US WHigher
- Higher may refer to:
- NounPLhighers
- (Scotland, education) A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification.
- (Scotland, education) A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification.
- Adjective
- comparative form of high: more high.
- comparative form of high: more high.
- Adverb
- comparative form of high: more high.
- comparative form of high: more high.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The oil rig can be jacked up higher when the hydraulic legs touch the sea floor.
- Additionally, the ratio of dienoic and trienoic fatty acids to total fatty acids was higher in TNG67.
- The hierarchical nanostructure-based photodetector showed a ~100 times higher photoresponsivity than photodetectors based only on a single CdTe NW.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Higher weighting was assigned to data from double-blind studies.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- To get the rectangle to hide some of the text, make its z-order higher.
- Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of higher in English Dictionary
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- Adjectives
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- Countable nouns
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "higher" is an adjective, more specifically, an adjective form. It's also an adverb, more specifically, an adverb form. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.