higher
より高い
解説 Definition
higher は high（高い）の比較級です。「より高い」という意味で、高さ・位置・数値などを比べるときに使います。
Higher is the comparative form of high. It describes something at a greater physical position or height, or something with a greater numerical value, level, degree, or rank than another thing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
high「高い」の比較級で、語末に -er をそのまま加えて higher、発音は /ˈhaɪər/ です。higher than the desk のように than で比較対象を示し、壁や棚などの位置だけでなく、score、price、level のような数値にも使えます。height は名詞「高さ」なので、higher と品詞を区別して覚えましょう。
Form higher by adding the comparative ending -er to high: high becomes higher, pronounced /ˈhaɪər/. Use it when one thing is above another or has a greater value. A shelf can be higher than a desk, and a score, price, level, or rank can also be higher. The comparison may be explicit with than, as in “Her score is higher than mine,” or understood from the situation, as in “This wall is higher.” Link higher to height, the noun for how high something is, but remember that higher itself is the comparative adjective used to describe the person or thing being compared.
例文
This wall is higher.
この壁のほうが高いです。
The shelf is higher than the desk.
その棚は机より高いです。
Her score is higher than mine.
彼女の点数は私の点数より高いです。
higher の類義語・関連語
higher の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 hēah（高い）の比較級 hīerra に由来。ゲルマン祖語 *hauhaz から派生し、物理的・抽象的な高さを表す。関連語: height（高さ）、highly（非常に）。原義は「空に向かって伸びる」イメージ。
Higher is the modern comparative form of high, created with the English comparative suffix -er. High descends from Old English hēah, while older English had related comparative forms such as hīerra. These forms belong to a Germanic word family associated with great vertical extent or elevated position. The meaning later extended naturally from physical height to abstract scales, including higher prices, scores, levels, status, and intensity.
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