Oxford logo
Toggle navigation
Redeem
Upgrade
Help
Sign in
Dictionaries
Dictionaries home
English
American English
Academic
Collocations
German-English
Grammar
Grammar home
Practical English Usage
Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)
Word Lists
Word Lists home
My Word Lists
Topics
Recent additions
Resources
Resources home
Text Checker
Sign in
Dictionaries
Dictionaries home
English
American English
Academic
Collocations
German-English
Grammar
Grammar home
Practical English Usage
Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)
Word Lists
Word Lists home
My Word Lists
Topics
Recent additions
Resources
Resources home
Text Checker
Redeem
Upgrade
Help
TOP
American English
English
American English
Academic English
Collocations
Practical English Usage
German-English
English-German
English
American English
Enter search text
Definition of
high beams noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
high beams
noun
noun
[
plural
]
jump to other results
the lights on a car when they are pointing a long way ahead, not down at the road
Turn on your high beams.
compare
low beams
Idioms
on high beam
jump to other results
(
of the lights on a car
)
pointing a long way ahead, not down at the road
See
high beams
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Check pronunciation:
high beams
Nearby words
highball
noun
highball
verb
high beams
noun
high-born
adjective
highboy
noun