high tech

noun

variants or less commonly
1
2
: a style of interior design featuring industrial products, materials, or designs
high-tech adjective
or less commonly hi-tech

Examples of high tech in a Sentence

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Disclosure: Apple, IBM and Nvidia subscribe to Creative Strategies research reports along with many other high tech companies around the world. Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 McMillon tends to sprinkle his calls with analysts with a few high tech tidbits. Evan Clark, WWD, 27 Feb. 2025 Finally, 'high tech impact' looked at high-tech GDP growth from both 2022 to 2023 and 2018 to 2022, the number of high-tech industries, and high-tech GDP location quotient. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025 The complete set of high tech capabilities has not yet been fully released in the U.S, and the technology isn't even available in some parts in the world. CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high tech

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of high tech was in 1969

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“High tech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20tech. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

high-tech

adjective
-ˌtek
: of or relating to high technology
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