1
: upscale
high-end boutiques
2
: of superior quality or sophistication and usually high in price
high-end cameras

Examples of high-end in a Sentence

a high-end haberdashery that serves its clients by appointment only high-end digital cameras intended for professionals and serious amateurs
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Fitoussi mixes affordable pieces with high-end and couture styles. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025 Analysts suggest that claims predicting a decline in demand for Nvidia’s high-end chips are not aligning with long-term growth indicators. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 29 Jan. 2025 Prost was tasked at the time with consolidating the high-end positioning of the brand and further developing its retail presence locally and in international markets. Sofia Celeste, WWD, 29 Jan. 2025 But the device is less intuitive than the current generation of high-end juicers, leafy greens required a bit of fiddling to push through the feeder tube, and the device struggled with fibrous vegetables such as pineapple and broccoli. Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for high-end 

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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The first known use of high-end was in 1956

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“High-end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-end. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.

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