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high-tech

high-tech

226 3.9
Using very new electronic and computer equipment
  • adjective
  • /haɪ tɛk/
translation icon : de alta tecnología
  • He installs one of those expensive high-tech security systems.
  • high-tech industries
  • high-tech companies
  • high-tech devices

Will there be any sort of high tech sensor systems?

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Examples

  • The Houston Training Center, for instance, offers high-tech classrooms for training classes and meetings.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Welcome to the world's most high tech sports store.

  • Wow, how high tech are those things?

  • These are both companies that were manufacturing high tech goods and selling them to the government.

  • Will there be any sort of high tech sensor systems?

  • Artists making dynamic, connected, high tech, beautiful artwork.

  • So it's, it's a company that invests in American high tech manufacturing.

  • We're actually using a very, very high tech off the shelf LCD display.

  • Of the businesses affected, there is a large concentration in the automotive and high-tech industries.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The Houston Training Center, for instance, offers high-tech classrooms for training classes and meetings.

Synonyms

up-to-date
vshigh-tech
93 3.1

Modern and having the latest information, style, or technology

emphasizes top level technological advancement rather than just being current
state-of-the-art
vshigh-tech
73 4.9

Using the newest and best technology

emphasizes active involvement with advanced electronics rather than mere possession
state of the art
vshigh-tech
23 4.6

The newest and most advanced technology or method at a time

describes active use of leading technology rather than naming development level
ultramodern
vshigh-tech
2 5.7

Very new in design and using the latest ideas and technology

focuses on advanced technological use not merely modern appearance or ideas
hi-tech
vshigh-tech
  • UK
4.1

Using very new and powerful technology in products and machines

focuses on electronics and computing use rather than all fields

Antonyms

18 3.8

Using simple tools and methods instead of new technology

How High-Tech

cutting-edge
49 5.6
high-tech
226 3.9
modern
1.4
low-tech
18 3.8

Surface Forms

high-tech positive
higher-tech comparative
highest-tech superlative

Morphology

high-tech = high + tech (transparent) = high + tech

A clear compound of 'high' + clipped 'tech' (technology); the meaning 'using very advanced technology' is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word high-tech is short for 'high technology': high means 'advanced' and tech comes from a Greek word meaning 'skill' or 'art', the same idea you find in technique. So high-tech describes things that use the most modern technology.