high-level

/ˈhaɪ ˈlɛv.əl/

adjective

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

“high-level conference”

Similar
high-rankingupper-levelsuperiorhigh-altitudehigh
Opposite

Meanings

adjectivehigh-level (comparative higher-level, superlative highest-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

    1 more example

    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. computingConsisting of relatively natural language-like commands and mathematical notations which, after compilation or interpretation, become a set of machine language instructions.
  5. businessA 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 gamesvideo gamesAt (or associated with) an advanced level within the context of a game's progression system.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveTaking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation.

Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveat an elevated level in rank or importance

Similar

adjectiveoccurring at or from a relative high altitude

Similar
high-altitudehigh

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Czech vysokoúrovňový
  • vysokoúrovňovýprogramming: based on commands resembling natural language
Esperanto altnivela
  • altnivelaprogramming: based on commands resembling natural language
Finnish korkea, korkea-arvoinen
  • korkeataking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation
  • korkea-arvoinenconsisting of people with high rank
Irish ardleibhéil
  • ardleibhéilprogramming: based on commands resembling natural language
Polish na wysokim szczeblu, na wysokim szczeblu
  • na wysokim szczeblutaking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation
  • na wysokim szczebluconsisting of people with high rank
  • wysokopoziomowyprogramming: based on commands resembling natural language
Portuguese de alto nível
  • de alto nívelprogramming: based on commands resembling natural language
Russian на вы́сшем у́ровне, высокоу́ровневый
  • на вы́сшем у́ровне (na výsšem úrovne)taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation
  • высокоу́ровневый (vysokoúrovnevyj)programming: based on commands resembling natural language
Spanish de alto nivel
  • de alto nivelprogramming: based on commands resembling natural language
Turkish yüksek seviye, yüksek seviye
  • yüksek seviyetaking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation
  • yüksek seviyeconsisting of people with high rank
  • yüksek seviyeprogramming: based on commands resembling natural language
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APA

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Chicago

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