Meaning & use
high-res
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Meanings
adjectivebefore a nouninformal
Showing a lot of detail because the image or screen has many pixels; short for high-resolution.
Grammar: Used before a noun: a high-res photo. It is not usually used after a verb, and it has no comparative form.
Patterns
- a high-res image
- high-res photos
- high-res screen
Send me the high-res version so I can print it.
The new phone has a high-res screen that makes text look crisp.
We need high-res images for the magazine cover.
noununcountableinformal
High resolution; a level of image detail with many pixels.
Grammar: Informal and usually written as "high res": shot in high res.
Patterns
- in high res
- shoot in high res
The video was shot in high res but still looks a little shaky.
Can you save it in high res for the poster?
Common combinations
- high-res image
- The website loads slowly because of all the high-res images.
- high-res photo
- He printed a high-res photo of the team.
- high-res screen
- Designers prefer a high-res screen for detailed work.
- high-res version
- Please email the high-res version of the logo.
- high-res video
- The drone records high-res video.
Synonyms and how they differ
- high-definition
- High-definition usually refers to video and TV standards, while high-res is used more broadly for images, screens and files.
- detailed
- Detailed describes any image with lots of visible information; high-res specifically means many pixels.
Opposites
Word family
- resolution noun
- The number of pixels in an image or screen.
- resolve verb
- In computing, to separate or show an image clearly at a given level of detail.
Commonly confused: high-res or high-res? high-res or hi-res?
high-res vs high-res
This is the informal short form; the full word is "high-resolution", which is more formal in writing.
high-res vs hi-res
"Hi-res" is a common variant spelling of the same informal word.
Practice
Which sentence uses "high-res" most naturally?
Choose one answer.
"High-res" describes image files and belongs before a noun, so "the high-res file" is correct. It has no comparative form, is not a verb, and does not describe sound.
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