high tech

noun

variants or less commonly hi-tech
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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The Fort Worth campus will house an extension of A&M’s Visual Production Institute, a high tech center that will teach students to use cutting edge filmmaking and graphics technology. Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2025 Such a military could be smaller, better trained, an armed with simpler, more reliable weapons that can be more easily maintained and replaced than current high tech systems. William Hartung, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025 According to the feds, the high tech was then used in a drone-murder of three US service members in Lebanon. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025 China’s leaders are expected to continue to prioritize investment in innovation and making the world’s second-largest economy self-sufficient in high tech. Simone McCarthy, CNN, 3 Mar. 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 2 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

high-tech

adjective
-ˌtek
: of or relating to high technology
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