Definition of High-level

1. Adjective. At an elevated level in rank or importance. "Upper-level management"

Exact synonyms: High-ranking, Upper-level
Similar to: Superior

2. Adjective. Occurring at or from a relative high altitude. "High-level bombing"
Exact synonyms: High-altitude
Similar to: High

Definition of High-level

1. Adjective. Taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a person of a high social position or high rank within a hierarchy or organization. ¹

3. Adjective. Consisting of such people. ¹

4. Adjective. (context: computing of a programming language) Consisting of relatively natural language-like commands and mathematical notations which, after compilation or interpretation, become a set of machine language instructions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of High-level

high-handed
high-handedly
high-hanging fruit
high-hat
high-hat cymbal
high-hats
high-hearted
high-heeled
high-hoe
high-holder
high-jump
high-jumper
high-jumpers
high-kV technique
high-keyed
high-level (current term)
high-level formatting
high-level language
high-level languages
high-level radioactive waste
high-low
high-low-jack
high-lows
high-maintenance
high-marking
high-minded
high-mindedly
high-mindedness
high-mobility group protein
high-muck-a-muck

Literary usage of High-level

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Who helpeth the fallen ones Ecclesiastical poetry, like ecclesiastico-historical literature, did not long remain on the high level to which Romanos had ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"The Character of the high-level Shell-bearing Deposits at Clava, Chapelhall, and other Localities.—Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. J. HORNE ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1905)
"Expedients to secure high-level and unstable attention were divided between ... This high-level but unstable attention cannot indeed exist except in ..."

4. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"The fundamental requisite in a democracy is a generally high level of character and intelligence. In what way corruption is connected with monopoly ..."

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