Dictionary

high-level en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhaɪ ˈlɛv.əl/

Etymology

From high + level.

Meanings

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:
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.
   • 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:
   • high-level conference
4. (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.
5. A 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. (qualifier:roleplaying games) At (or associated with) an advanced level within the context of a game's progression system.

Forms

Antonyms

low-level

Coordinates

mid-range · mid-level · mid-tier

Deriveds

high-level language · high-level synthesis

Translations (17)

fi korkea-arvoinen (consisting of people with high rank) · pl na wysokim szczeblu (taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation) · cs vysokoúrovňový (programming: based on commands resembling natural language) · ml ഉന്നതതല (taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation) · pl wysokopoziomowy (programming: based on commands resembling natural language) · ga ardleibhéil (programming: based on commands resembling natural language) · pt de alto nível (programming: based on commands resembling natural language) · tr yüksek seviye (programming: based on commands resembling natural language) · es de alto nivel (programming: based on commands resembling natural language) · ru на вы́сшем у́ровне (taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation) · pl na wysokim szczeblu (consisting of people with high rank) · fi korkea (taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation) · eo altnivela (programming: based on commands resembling natural language) · tr yüksek seviye (consisting of people with high rank) · ml ഉന്നതതല (consisting of people with high rank) · tr yüksek seviye (taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation) · ru высокоу́ровневый (programming: based on commands resembling natural language)