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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In matters as simple as buying a luxury automobile, or a new high-end watch, money secretly changes hands and kids are trafficked with no knowledge of the swirling powers profiting from their talents. Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025 The high-end cabinets have a beautiful wood finish and provide ample storage space for cooking ingredients and utensils. James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025 The inviting hotel rooms are numbered, set off by wall sconces, giving the ambience of a high-end resort for people, who of course, are paying the tab for their furry family members. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025 Riley Tufte The Stars have done exceptionally well landing high-end talent in the back half of the first round (Wyatt Johnston and Thomas Harley, for example). The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 21 June 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 30 Jun. 2025.

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