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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)

  1. 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
  2. Of or pertaining to a person of a high social position or high rank within a hierarchy or organization.
  3. 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
  4. Consisting of relatively natural language-like commands and mathematical notations which, after compilation or interpretation, become a set of machine language instructions.
  5. 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
  6. (roleplaying games) 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

comparativehigher-level
superlativehighest-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

  1. high-jumpers
  2. high-key
  3. high-kilted
  4. high-king
  5. high-kings
  6. high-level
  7. high-level language
  8. high-level languages
  9. high-level synthesis
  10. high-lift device
  11. high-lift devices

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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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