high-tech

adjective

variants also hi-tech
Definition of high-technext
as in modern
relating to or using new electronic devices and technology high-tech devices The methods they use are very high-tech.

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  1. modern
  2. futuristic
  3. contemporary
Adjective
  • All of these things suggest some alignment with the current FTC’s priorities, particularly in recognizing the role that tech companies play in the modern economy and the importance of vigorously enforcing the nation’s antitrust laws.
    Brian Fung, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
  • These leaders exemplify how combining co-elevation behaviors with modern collaborative tools and processes can deliver breakthrough performance.
    Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of modern
Adjective
  • Swinging between shimmering gold and futuristic silver, Olivia Wilde's look brought an element of rebellion and innovation.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • From the halls of the futuristic Congress building in Asunción that Taiwan helped fund, Xu stressed Beijing’s interest in establishing relations with Paraguay, but said the onus was on officials in Paraguay to make the first move.
    CNN, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of futuristic
Adjective
  • Agatha All Along landed three nods, for excellence in contemporary television and sci-fi/fantasy television and costume illustration.
    Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Whitehead has said that Elwood and Turner represent the two parts of him, the idealist (Elwood) and the cynic (Turner), whose intertwined perspectives inform his own view of race as a Black man making sense of contemporary America.
    K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of contemporary
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