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higher-level

higher-level is the comparative form of high-level.

Meaning of high-level

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
  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.

Questions about higher-level

What is higher-level the comparative form of?
Higher-level is the comparative form of high-level.

Words near higher-level in the dictionary

  1. higher-grown
  2. higher-growth
  3. higher-income
  4. higher-intensity
  5. higher-IQ
  6. higher-level
  7. higher-lying
  8. higher-octane
  9. higher-order
  10. higher-order function
  11. higher-order functions

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