Meanings
- abbreviationclippinguncountableClipping of high technology.
alternative high-tech
- informalOf, or using high technology.
The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.
2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 681 more example
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, had a utility belt round his waist, but the ensemble lacked the hi-tech tailoring of the genuine article.
2011, Mick Herron, Slow Horses
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveresembling or making use of highly advanced technology or devices
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 高科技的, 高技術的 /高技术的
- 高科技的 (gāokējì de)of highly advanced technology
- 高技術的 /高技术的 (gāojìshù de)of highly advanced technology
- 高新技術的 /高新技术的 (gāoxīn jìshù de)of highly advanced technology
Finnish hi-tech-
- hi-tech-of highly advanced technology
Irish ardteicniúil
- ardteicniúilof highly advanced technology
Japanese ハイテク
- ハイテク (haiteku)of highly advanced technology
Korean 하이테크
- 하이테크 (haitekeu)of highly advanced technology
Norwegian Bokmål høyteknologisk
- høyteknologiskof highly advanced technology
Polish supernowoczesny
- supernowoczesnyof highly advanced technology
Portuguese de ponta
- de pontaof highly advanced technology
Russian высокотехнологи́чный, хай-тек
- высокотехнологи́чный (vysokotexnologíčnyj)of highly advanced technology
- хай-тек (xaj-tek)of highly advanced technology
Swedish högteknologisk
- högteknologiskof highly advanced technology
Ukrainian високотех, високотехнологі́чний
- високотех (vysokotex)of highly advanced technology
- високотехнологі́чний (vysokotexnolohíčnyj)of highly advanced technology
Welsh uwchdechnolegol, uwch-dech
- uwchdechnolegolof highly advanced technology
- uwch-dechof highly advanced technology
Cite this entry
hi-tech. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hi-tech
“hi-tech.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hi-tech. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hi-tech,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hi-tech.
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