variants
or less commonly hi-def
: high-definition
high-def TV
high-def programming
hi-def video
high-def
noun
or less commonly hi-def
watching the game in high-def
Examples of high-def in a Sentence
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Imax with Laser is a laser projection and 12-channel sound system with high-def images and audio.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
Before then, the high-def camera was primarily used for shooting fast-food commercials, but producer Eddie Delbridge wanted to see how it could be used to capture beauty and movement.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
With high-def entertainment, a 13-hour battery life, and 32 GB (that’s twice that of the Amazon Kindle paperwhite), there’s not a lot this little gadget can’t do.
—Will Porter, Architectural Digest, 13 Feb. 2025
With 135 high-def screens of various sizes, the bar shows sports ranging from horse racing, motorsports, fights and pretty much all things involving balls and pucks.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Dec. 2024
Prime members also get a discount of $1 monthly on Amazon Music Unlimited – ad-free high-def music on demand and playable when offline – which costs $10.99 monthly for non-members.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
But that’s often deemed worth it in a merciless age of high-def TVs and zoomable photos on social media.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2024
The changes start at the very front, the base of the windscreen, where revolutionary a 48-inch-wide, high-def panel stretches from door to door.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
Other controls are: exhaust note, spoiler deployment, adaptive cruise controls, phone, audio and displays in the 12.3-inch high-def instrument cluster.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2024
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
Before then, the high-def camera was primarily used for shooting fast-food commercials, but producer Eddie Delbridge wanted to see how it could be used to capture beauty and movement.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
With high-def entertainment, a 13-hour battery life, and 32 GB (that’s twice that of the Amazon Kindle paperwhite), there’s not a lot this little gadget can’t do.
—Will Porter, Architectural Digest, 13 Feb. 2025
With 135 high-def screens of various sizes, the bar shows sports ranging from horse racing, motorsports, fights and pretty much all things involving balls and pucks.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Dec. 2024
Prime members also get a discount of $1 monthly on Amazon Music Unlimited – ad-free high-def music on demand and playable when offline – which costs $10.99 monthly for non-members.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
But that’s often deemed worth it in a merciless age of high-def TVs and zoomable photos on social media.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2024
The changes start at the very front, the base of the windscreen, where revolutionary a 48-inch-wide, high-def panel stretches from door to door.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
Other controls are: exhaust note, spoiler deployment, adaptive cruise controls, phone, audio and displays in the 12.3-inch high-def instrument cluster.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2024
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“High-def.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-def. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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