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high-tech

American  
[hahy-tek] / ˈhaɪˈtɛk /
Informal, hi-tech

noun

  1. high technology.

  2. 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

  1. of, relating to, or suggesting high technology.

high tech British  

noun

  1. a variant spelling of hi tech

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
high-tech 1 Cultural  

  1. Short for “high technology”; the term describes industries and firms that use or produce advanced technology, especially in electronics.

high-tech 2 Cultural  

  1. A descriptive term for industry heavily dependent on recent laboratory discoveries. Manufacturing computers is a typical high-tech industry.

Etymology

Origin of high-tech

First recorded in 1970–75; by shortening

Example Sentences

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Like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and other entrepreneur-moguls who followed, Rockefeller leveraged his early success in a new high-tech industry into market dominance.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

In a note published Tuesday, Panmure Liberum’s chief strategist, Joachim Klement, highlighted that China’s high-tech exports in particular, have accelerated sharply by volume while the value has dropped by a third.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

The Panmure note emphasizes that it is high-tech goods and industrial inputs where China export volumes have risen while prices have fallen, often by more than 50%, Klement observes.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

The mounting orders—some of the high-tech weapons take more than two years to make—drove a year of higher missile sales that spilled over into the results companies posted over the past week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The system must have seemed like high-tech wizardry to some recruits.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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