high-level

[hahy-lev-uhl]

adjective

1. undertaken by or composed of participants having a high status.

   a high-level meeting; a high-level investigation.

2. having senior authority or high status.

   high-level personnel.

3. (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.

4. Military.,  (of aerial warfare) undertaken at or from a high altitude.

   high-level bombing; a high-level attack.

high-level

adjective

1. (of conferences, talks, etc) involving very important people

Word History and Origins

Origin of high-level¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Related Words

• eminent 
• esteemed 
• great 
• influential 
• of note 
• outstanding 
• powerful 
• prominent