high-level
/ˈhaɪ ˈlɛv.əl/
high-level adjective: taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation.
Adjective
high-level (comparative higher-level, superlative highest-level)
- Taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation.
- It remains a key part of the busy Strathclyde railway system, with its high-level platforms served by trains to Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and England, and its low-level platforms a key artery at the heart of the busiest commuter network outside London.2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Glasgow Central - Network Rail”, in RAIL, number 940, page 47
- Antonyms:
- low-level
- Of or pertaining to a person of a high social position or high rank within a hierarchy or organization.
- Consisting of such people.
- high-level conference
- Within 22 minutes of the high-level decision at 1.38 a.m. on the Sunday morning to withdraw the electric trains, a special control had been established at Glasgow North headquarters to organise the return to steam working.1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130
- Consisting of relatively natural language-like commands and mathematical notations which, after compilation or interpretation, become a set of machine language instructions.
- A summary that provides a general overview and omits nearly all details.
- "To begin, a need or want is simply a broad definition of the overall requirements: the high-level description, the 30,000-foot view, and so on, of the problem without identifying any specifics." https://www.google.com/books/edition/Additive_Manufacturing_Handbook/H1kkDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT92
- At (or associated with) an advanced level within the context of a game's progression system.
high-level meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
high-level in Tamil
- உயர் ஏரணமட்டம்
high-level in Malayalam
- taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation
- ഉന്നതതല unnatatala
- consisting of people with high rank
- ഉന്നതതല unnatatala
high-level in Kannada
- ಉನ್ನತ ಮಟ್ಟದ, ಶ್ರೀಮಂತ
Antonyms of high-level
Forms of high-level
| comparative | higher-level |
|---|---|
| superlative | highest-level |
Origin of high-level
From high + level.
Words formed from high-level
Phrases with high-level
Questions about high-level
- What does high-level mean?
- High-level means taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation.
- What is high-level in Tamil?
- High-level in Tamil is உயர் ஏரணமட்டம். See High-level meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is high-level?
- High-level is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce high-level?
- High-level is pronounced /ˈhaɪ ˈlɛv.əl/.
Words near high-level in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: high-level (page history and authors); high-level (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); high-level (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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