High-level

Quick meaning: High-level is an adjective meaning Taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to a person of a high social position or high rank within a hierarchy or organization.
2. Consisting of such people.
3. (business) A summary that provides a general overview and omits nearly all details.
4. (roleplaying games, video games) At (or associated with) an advanced level within the context of a game's progression system.
5. (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.

Example Sentences

high-level conference

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.

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.

Word Forms

• higher-level
• highest-level

Synonyms for high-level

Depending on context, synonyms include high, high-ranking, superior.

Antonyms for high-level

Common opposites include low-level.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include high, superior, high-ranking, upper, top, tall.

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