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==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|hīr|hīʹər|a=RP}}, {{IPA|en|/haɪə/|/ˈhaɪ.ə/}}
* {{enPR|hīr|hīʹər|a=GA}}, {{IPA|en|/haɪɹ/|/ˈhaɪ.ɚ/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-higher.ogg|a=US}}
* {{homophones|en|hire}}
* {{hyphenation|en|high|er}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪə(ɹ)}}

===Adjective===
{{head|en|comparative adjective}}

# {{en-comparative of|high}}

===Adverb===
{{head|en|comparative adverb}}

# {{en-comparative of|high|POS=adverb}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|Scotland|education}} A [[national]] school-leaving [[examination]] and [[university]] [[entrance]] [[qualification]].

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To make higher; to [[raise]] or [[increase]] in amount or quantity.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1847|author=George Crosby|title=Crosby's Parliamentary Record
|passage=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?}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1903|author=Canada. Parliament. House of Commons|title=Official Report of the Debates, House of Commons
|passage=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.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[ascend]].

===Derived terms===
{{col2|en
|Coity Higher
|Higher Buxton
|Higher Heysham
|Higher Hurst
|higher-speed rail
|Llanrhidian Higher
|Newcastle Higher
}}

===References===
* {{R:Century 1911}}