"high-end" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} high-end
  1. Most sophisticated or expensive Translations (most sophisticated or expensive): huippu- (Finnish), johtava (Finnish), haut de gamme (French), de luxo (Portuguese), elegante (Spanish), exklusiv (Swedish), dyrbar (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-high-end-en-adj-s-I93Wsf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'most sophisticated or expensive': 92 8
  2. Appealing to sophisticated or discerning tastes
    Sense id: en-high-end-en-adj-DnFAAnkE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bleeding edge, state of the art, top-end, top-of-the-range, high end Related terms: middle-end

Alternative forms

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