high tech

noun

variants or less commonly
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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

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Google subscribes to Creative Strategies research reports along with many other high tech companies around the world. Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 In Massachusetts, one of the traditional strengths of the state’s economy — high-paying jobs in life science, high tech and research — has been sluggish in the past two years, said Mark Melnik, director of economic and public policy research at a University of Massachusetts Amherst institute. Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025 The new plant is part of a larger movement to bring high tech manufacturing back to the United States amid intense competition with China. Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2025 Mark Hall, an American investment banker who worked in the Dominican Republic, has also tried to get support for a similar effort that involves installing 50 to 60 high tech surveillance towers along the border. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high tech

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 18 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

high-tech

adjective
-ˌtek
: of or relating to high technology
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