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high-level

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Etymology

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From high +‎ level.

Adjective

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high-level (comparative higher-level, superlative highest-level)

  1. Taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation.
    • 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Glasgow Central - Network Rail”, in RAIL, number 940, page 47:
      It remains a key part of the busy Strathclyde railway system, with its high-level platforms served by trains to Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and England, and its low-level platforms a key artery at the heart of the busiest commuter network outside London.
  2. Of or pertaining to a person of a high social position or high rank within a hierarchy or organization.
  3. Consisting of such people.
    high-level conference
    • 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130:
      Within 22 minutes of the high-level decision at 1.38 a.m. on the Sunday morning to withdraw the electric trains, a special control had been established at Glasgow North headquarters to organise the return to steam working.
  4. (computing, of a programming language) Consisting of relatively natural language-like commands and mathematical notations which, after compilation or interpretation, become a set of machine language instructions.
  5. (business) A summary that provides a general overview and omits nearly all details.
    • "To begin, a need or want is simply a broad definition of the overall requirements: the high-level description, the 30,000-foot view, and so on, of the problem without identifying any specifics." [1]

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