Meaning & use

high-level

adjective·Academic

Of great importance, seniority, or complexity; involving people or matters of high rank.

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The two countries held high-level talks to resolve the trade dispute.

The programming course starts with a high-level overview before covering technical details.

A note on using this word

In computing, a high-level language is one that is more abstract and readable, further from the machine code the computer actually runs.

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