adj
Meaning 1
Of, or using high technology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hi-tech
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/haɪ tɛk/
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[haɪ̯ thɛk]
noun
Meaning 2
Clipping of high technology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
resembling or making use of highly advanced technology or devices
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: high-tech
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From hi (adjective) + tech.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: высокатэхналагі́чны (vysokatexnalahíčny) — of highly advanced technology
- Chinese Mandarin: 高科技的 (gāokējì de) — of highly advanced technology
- Chinese Mandarin: 高技術的 /高技术的 (gāojìshù de) — of highly advanced technology
- Chinese Mandarin: 高新技術的 /高新技术的 (gāoxīn jìshù de) — of highly advanced technology
- Finnish: hi-tech- — of highly advanced technology
- Irish: ardteicniúil — of highly advanced technology
- Japanese: ハイテク (haiteku) — of highly advanced technology
- Korean: 하이테크 (haitekeu) — of highly advanced technology
- Norwegian Bokmål: høyteknologisk — of highly advanced technology
- Polish: supernowoczesny — of highly advanced technology
- Portuguese: de ponta — of highly advanced technology
- Russian: высокотехнологи́чный (vysokotexnologíčnyj) — of highly advanced technology
- Russian: хай-тек (xaj-tek) — of highly advanced technology
- Swedish: högteknologisk — of highly advanced technology
- Ukrainian: високотех (vysokotex) — of highly advanced technology
- Ukrainian: високотехнологі́чний (vysokotexnolohíčnyj) — of highly advanced technology
- Welsh: uwchdechnolegol — of highly advanced technology
- Welsh: uwch-dech — of highly advanced technology
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