high-level
Americanadjective
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undertaken by or composed of participants having a high status.
a high-level meeting; a high-level investigation.
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having senior authority or high status.
high-level personnel.
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(of a programming language) based on a vocabulary of Englishlike statements for writing program code rather than the more abstract instructions typical of assembly language or machine language.
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Military. (of aerial warfare) undertaken at or from a high altitude.
high-level bombing; a high-level attack.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of high-level
First recorded in 1875–80
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"This should be seen as a fairly high-level show of force," Lim Eul-chul, a professor at Kyungnam University, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
They considered getting high-level approval to deploy undercover agents.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as “Putin’s Chef” for having catered Kremlin events, leveraged high-level contacts to serve his grand ambitions for Wagner, the international mercenary force named for 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Some analysts see a glimmer of hope in the recent thaw between India and China, marked by high-level political engagement and moves to revive cross-border trade through Himalayan routes.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
“This blatant use of high-level magic by incompetent Witchlings is basis for a sentence to the Tombs for these Spares. Either the Witchlings go, or the Gran does. There can be no other alternative.”
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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