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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In-person talks between high-level American and Russian officials are rare.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
In a study published in 2025, Hwang and his colleagues found that the frontoparietal cortex develops an ongoing high-level summary of information arriving from elsewhere in the brain.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The previous high-level military talks were held in Myanmar in 2023, two years after the coup, when Min Aung Hlaing was head of the military.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Some jobs of older high-level workers might still be in danger, though.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
From time to time, he also had to represent U.S. interests at high-level meetings.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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