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high-tech

/haɪ tɛk/

high-tech is the alternative spelling of hi-tech.

Meaning of hi-tech

Adjective

hi-tech

  1. (informal) Of, or using high technology.
    • River hadn't laid eyes on Hobden before, but this had to be him: average height, thinning brownish hair, look of terror as he turned to face this new intrusion even while crushed in an arm-lock by the previous invader, the achiever—except this wasn't an achiever: he was blackclad, wore a balaclava...2011, Mick Herron, Slow Horses

Words formed from high-tech

Phrases with high-tech

Questions about high-tech

What is high-tech the alternative spelling of?
High-tech is the alternative spelling of hi-tech.
How do you pronounce high-tech?
High-tech is pronounced /haɪ tɛk/.

Words near high-tech in the dictionary

  1. high-tailed
  2. high-tailed it
  3. high-tailing it
  4. high-tails it
  5. high-taper
  6. high-tech
  7. high-tech savvy
  8. high-techness
  9. high-temperature superconductivity
  10. high-temperature superconductor
  11. high-temperature superconductors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: high-tech (page history and authors); hi-tech (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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