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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It is not WWE, which is high-level athletic theater; it’s a contest between two fighters, often with wildly different skill sets.
From Slate • Jun. 14, 2026
Munro, for example, avoids looking at or responding to emails when she is doing deep, high-level work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Xi added that he had reached an "important consensus" with Kim to "grasp the trend of the times" and deepen both high-level exchanges and people-to-people bonds.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
“He looks like Eliot Ness,” the president declared of his veep in a televised Cabinet meeting in May while high-level administration officials pretended to laugh.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
Dr. Gazzaley says that attention is also “absolutely critical for all high-level functioning,” a cornerstone of what it means to be human.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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