1The brightest setting of a vehicle's headlights; full beam.
Example sentencesExamples
I also had my headlight on high beam, which is recommended by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation.
I still see four and five people riding on one bike - almost none are wearing helmets, but their headlights are on high beam so maybe we are halfway there.
I spent the rest of the night looking like a startled rabbit contemplating an on-rushing truck with its lights on high beam.
Then I switched on the headlights to a high beam.
On the way to pick her up from her apartment, I was tailed by this black Porsche Cayenne with its headlights on high beam.
1.1high beamsThe headlights of a vehicle when set on high beam.
glare from the high beams of a car coming up behind them
Definition of high beam in US English:
high beam
nounˈhī ˌbēm
North American
1The brightest setting of a vehicle's headlights.
British term full beam
Example sentencesExamples
I spent the rest of the night looking like a startled rabbit contemplating an on-rushing truck with its lights on high beam.
On the way to pick her up from her apartment, I was tailed by this black Porsche Cayenne with its headlights on high beam.
Then I switched on the headlights to a high beam.
I also had my headlight on high beam, which is recommended by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation.
I still see four and five people riding on one bike - almost none are wearing helmets, but their headlights are on high beam so maybe we are halfway there.
1.1high beamsThe headlights of a vehicle when set on high beam.
glare from the high beams of a car coming up behind them