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

Example Sentences

After examining patterns of brain activity, Tafazoli and Buschman found that the prefrontal cortex, a region at the front of the brain involved in high-level thinking and decision-making, contained several recurring patterns of activity.

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The fire was elevated to the highest-level alarm at 6:22 p.m.

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Fittingly, the Clipse opened their set with the menacing “Chains and Whips,” which is jam packed with lethal, high-level bars about why contemporary rappers simply can’t sit with them.

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However, people close to Beijing said Xi made the outreach, turning the high-level communication into a rare diplomatic overture from China.

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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met the EU's 27 trade ministers for the first high-level talks in Brussels since the transatlantic allies struck a tariff deal in July.

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Related Words

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