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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The death of Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, announced Wednesday by Israel, was the third high-level assassination in roughly 24 hours in a series of strikes that have hollowed out Tehran’s leadership ranks.
From Los Angeles Times
“That was high-level baseball at its finest,” U.S. manager Mark DeRosa said.
From Los Angeles Times
Motyl gave the BBC dozens of what he described as "high-level research documents showing all sorts of harms to users on these platforms".
From BBC
But what we have also seen are two genuinely high-level performances against Wales and France that showed just how high the ceiling of this side can be.
From BBC
The Nepali Congress, for instance, proposed holding a high-level investigation into the assets of public office holders since 1990.
From BBC
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