high tech

noun

variants or less commonly hi-tech
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: 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, Intel and Amazon subscribe to Creative Strategies research reports along with many other high tech companies around the world. Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025 In the background, the international Dotcom crash threatens Austin's booming high tech economy. Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025 By combining scale, high tech and automation, Amazon is turning a historically lower-margin business into a strategic grower. Paulina Likos, CNBC, 25 June 2025 Disclosure: Google and Microsoft subscribe to Creative Strategies research reports along with many other high tech companies around the world. Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 11 July 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 19 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

high-tech

adjective
-ˌtek
: of or relating to high technology
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