higher

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: hīʹər (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.ɚ/ (Indic) IPA(key): /həjːɜ(r)/ enPR: hīr (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /haɪə/ (General American) IPA(key): /haɪɹ/ Homophone: hire (some speakers) Hyphenation: high‧er Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) === Adjective === higher comparative form of high: more high === Adverb === higher comparative form of high: more high === Noun === higher (plural highers) (Scotland, education) A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification. ==== Derived terms ==== advanced higher ==== Translations ==== === Verb === higher (third-person singular simple present highers, present participle highering, simple past and past participle highered) (transitive) To make higher; to raise or increase in amount or quantity. (intransitive) To ascend. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “higher”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.