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high–level
adjective high–lev·el \ˈhī-ˈle-vəl\
: of great importance or high rank
Full Definition of HIGH-LEVEL
1
: occurring, done, or placed at a high level
2
: being of high importance or rank <high–level diplomats>
3
: of, relating to, or being a computer programming language (as BASIC or Pascal) which is similar to a natural language (as English) and in which each statement is translated by a compiler usually into several machine language instructions
4
: relating to or being nuclear waste that contains highly concentrated radioactive components which are environmentally hazardous
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First Known Use of HIGH-LEVEL
1811
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