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
Example Sentences
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It is not WWE, which is high-level athletic theater; it’s a contest between two fighters, often with wildly different skill sets.
From Slate • Jun. 14, 2026
Around the same time, China and North Korea began rebuilding their relationship and high-level diplomatic exchanges have grown more frequent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea next week, state media said Friday, the latest in a series of high-level summits as Beijing asserts its position as a diplomatic superpower on the world stage.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
“He looks like Eliot Ness,” the president declared of his veep in a televised Cabinet meeting in May while high-level administration officials pretended to laugh.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
Present at the Alamogordo test range would be almost every high-level official of the Manhattan Project, from General Groves down.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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