high-tech

[ hahy-tek ]

/ ˈhaɪˈtɛk /

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noun

high technology.

a style of interior design using industrial, commercial, and institutional fixtures, equipment, and materials, as metal warehouse shelving, factory lamps, and exposed pipes, or incorporating other elements having the stark, utilitarian appearance characteristic of industrial design.

adjective

of, relating to, or suggesting high technology.

Also Informal, hi-tech .

Origin of high-tech

First recorded in 1970–75; by shortening

Words nearby high-tech

high table, hightail, hightail it, High Tatra, high tea, high-tech, high technology, high-tension, high-test, high-ticket, high tide

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Example sentences from the Web for high-tech

“Fully ready for any form of high-tech war,” the regime said of itself in 2009.
Inside the ‘Surprisingly Great’ North Korean Hacker Hotel|Michael Daly|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Garry says the biggest problem with this test is in its high-tech, time-consuming method.
This New Ebola Test Is As Easy As a Pregnancy Test, So Why Aren’t We Using It?|Abby Haglage|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For all the talk of high-tech military gear, this began like a scene from long ago: two men, one pistol, six shots.
Why Won't Obama Go to Ferguson?|Stuart Stevens|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a high-tech attempt to smuggle in drugs and phones from the skies over a maximum-security facility.
What Was This Drone Doing Over a South Carolina Prison?|Melissa Leon|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Dope smokers find e-cigarettes and high-tech ‘mods’ are great for smoking in public, with less fear from cops and bouncers.
This Is Your E-Cigarette on Drugs|Daniel Genis|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And again, to help build or modernize 6,000 schools, to get students out of trailers and into high-tech classrooms.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various
The high-tech buildings alongside the highway streamed past us.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for high-tech

high tech

noun

a variant spelling of hi tech

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for high-tech (1 of 2)

high-tech

Short for “high technology”; the term describes industries and firms that use or produce advanced technology, especially in electronics.

Cultural definitions for high-tech (2 of 2)

high-tech

A descriptive term for industry heavily dependent on recent laboratory discoveries. Manufacturing computers is a typical high-tech industry.

单词	high-tech
释义	high-tech [ hahy-tek ] / ˈhaɪˈtɛk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR high-tech ON THESAURUS.COM noun high technology. a style of interior design using industrial, commercial, and institutional fixtures, equipment, and materials, as metal warehouse shelving, factory lamps, and exposed pipes, or incorporating other elements having the stark, utilitarian appearance characteristic of industrial design. adjective of, relating to, or suggesting high technology. Also Informal, hi-tech . Origin of high-tech First recorded in 1970–75; by shortening Words nearby high-tech high table, hightail, hightail it, High Tatra, high tea, high-tech, high technology, high-tension, high-test, high-ticket, high tide Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for high-tech “Fully ready for any form of high-tech war,” the regime said of itself in 2009. Inside the ‘Surprisingly Great’ North Korean Hacker Hotel\|Michael Daly\|December 20, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Garry says the biggest problem with this test is in its high-tech, time-consuming method. This New Ebola Test Is As Easy As a Pregnancy Test, So Why Aren’t We Using It?\|Abby Haglage\|October 3, 2014\|DAILY BEAST For all the talk of high-tech military gear, this began like a scene from long ago: two men, one pistol, six shots. Why Won't Obama Go to Ferguson?\|Stuart Stevens\|August 19, 2014\|DAILY BEAST It was a high-tech attempt to smuggle in drugs and phones from the skies over a maximum-security facility. What Was This Drone Doing Over a South Carolina Prison?\|Melissa Leon\|August 1, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Dope smokers find e-cigarettes and high-tech ‘mods’ are great for smoking in public, with less fear from cops and bouncers. This Is Your E-Cigarette on Drugs\|Daniel Genis\|July 28, 2014\|DAILY BEAST And again, to help build or modernize 6,000 schools, to get students out of trailers and into high-tech classrooms. Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006\|Various The high-tech buildings alongside the highway streamed past us. Little Brother\|Cory Doctorow British Dictionary definitions for high-tech high tech noun a variant spelling of hi tech Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to high-tech tricky, tortuous, sophisticated, complex, tangled, convoluted, labyrinthine, baroque, difficult, industrial, scientific, scholarly, mechanical, professional, specialized, special, technological, vocational, muddled, elaborate Cultural definitions for high-tech (1 of 2) high-tech Short for “high technology”; the term describes industries and firms that use or produce advanced technology, especially in electronics. Cultural definitions for high-tech (2 of 2) high-tech A descriptive term for industry heavily dependent on recent laboratory discoveries. Manufacturing computers is a typical high-tech industry. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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high-tech

noun

adjective

Origin of high-tech

Words nearby high-tech

Example sentences from the Web for high-tech

British Dictionary definitions for high-tech

noun

Words related to high-tech

Cultural definitions for high-tech (1 of 2)

Cultural definitions for high-tech (2 of 2)