high tech

noun

variants or less commonly hi-tech
1
2
: 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

Recent Examples on the Web Disclosure: Qualcomm subscribes to Creative Strategies research reports along with many high tech companies around the world. Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024 With the available custom art panel my review unit was equipped with, only the glowing LED lighting (which can be user-controlled and turned off) gives it away as a high tech piece of gear. Brad Moon, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 Indeed, from the latest high tech machinery for welding, marking, casting and cutting precious materials to chain-making machinery to gold recycling equipment, Vicenzaoro is a jewelry designer’s paradise and a manufacturer’s must-visit. Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024 Among the displays were high tech sensors that allow golf course agronomists to measure water, soil, salinity and light to help reduce water use and assist with disease prevention. Candace Oehler, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024 Hsinchu is the home of the Hsinchu Science Park, the hub for high tech companies like TSMC and United Microelectronics Corporation. Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 13 Jan. 2024 Guest host: Lee Cowan Walter Isaacson's latest book, published by Simon & Schuster (a division of Paramount Global), is a biography of the adventurous high tech businessman Elon Musk. David Morgan, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2023 Instead, read on for the high tech gifts that will actually make life easier and more efficient. Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 6 Dec. 2023 Kim said automakers now have proof that EVs can be high tech, glamorous and come with all the gadgets that drivers depend on daily. Morgan Korn, ABC News, 12 Nov. 2023

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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 16 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

high-tech

adjective
-ˌtek
: of or relating to high technology
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