high-tech
noun
high-tech
American
[hahy-tek]
/ ˈhaɪˈtɛk /
Informal,
hi-tech
noun
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a style of interior design using industrial, commercial, and institutional fixtures, equipment, and materials, as metal warehouse shelving, factory lamps, and exposed pipes, or incorporating other elements having the stark, utilitarian appearance characteristic of industrial design.
adjective
high tech
British
noun
high-tech
1
Cultural
high-tech
2
Cultural
Etymology
Origin of high-tech
First recorded in 1970–75; by shortening
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GM laid out its vision for the car business, and it looks high-tech.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
The high-tech surveillance program run by Mowi, the world’s biggest Atlantic salmon producer, is part of a growing industrywide effort to keep the fish alive for longer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Last year, the musical “Maybe Happy Ending” — about two human-like helper robots — won the Tony Award for best scenic design, including for its high-tech automated aspects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
In VisionQuest, she is instead given a high-tech backpack equipped with robotic arms.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The door swung open to reveal a room roughly twenty by twenty with high-tech gear everywhere.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
High demand for high tech has a downside, too.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Shortages of oil and gas, as well as helium for high tech industries and feedstocks for fertiliser, are having an increasingly heavy impact on millions of people a long way from the war zone.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
“You’re dealing with cars that have really high tech integrated into all body parts,” Keating says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Active U.S. mines are already handling the materials needed for batteries, clean energy systems, and high tech manufacturing.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2025
The room was caught between old and new, between stone colonnades and stainless steel floors, between the very latest in high tech and old curiosities from the Industrial Revolution.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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