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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These are just some of the high-end weapons that China broadcast to the world on Wednesday in a military parade. Chad De Guzman, Time, 3 Sep. 2025 The renowned international design studio, known for penning needle-moving yachts and superyachts, has launched a new brand focused on creating high-end vessels for discerning seafarers. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025 For Asteroid, Google provided access to its high-end scanning facility to capture the actors in extreme detail. Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 But von Rosen insisted the high-end of the real estate market in the city was insulated from those worries, and dismissed broader concerns of a bubble similar to those which hammered it in 2008 and 2014. Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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