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: equipment for reproduction of sound with high fidelity

Examples of hi-fi in a Sentence

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Rotel, the boutique audio brand based in Tokyo, has announced the launch of a premium micro hi-fi system designed for the kind of living spaces that are the norm in Japan’s congested capital city. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 Original Price: $19.99 Sale Price: $9.99 (50% off) True Wireless Bone Conduction Earphones These earphones conduct sound to your eardrums via your cheekbones, giving your ear canals a break and keeping you alert to outside sounds while still furnishing hi-fi audio. Ho Lin, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025 Tidal and Qobuz trumpet their hi-fi offerings; YouTube Music infuses its catalog with the output of the world’s largest video site; Apple Music offers a karaoke mode. Brad Shoup, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025 Slowly disappearing are the large stack hi-fi units so beloved of the 1970s and 1980s. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025 As part of the Panasonic empire, Technics was once a byword for hi-fi in the 1980s. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 This announcement follows a few fallow years for a brand that had a huge presence in the audio-visual and hi-fi markets. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 Typically priced at a steep $549, Sonos positions the Five as its true hi-fi option for audiophiles and vinyl listeners. Chris Welch, The Verge, 2 Dec. 2024 It’s terminated with a 3.5mm stereo jack and there’s also a chrome 6.35mm adapter for hi-fi or mixing use. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of hi-fi was in 1948

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“Hi-fi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hi-fi. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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hi-fi

noun
ˈhī-ˈfī
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: equipment for reproduction of sound with high fidelity

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