high-end meaning, high-end definition | English Cobuild dictionary

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high-end  

  
High-end products, especially electronic products, are the most expensive of their kind.      adj  
...high-end personal computers and computer workstations.     
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high, -high, high up, on high

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exp.
finalize smth. successfully / in a positive manner
E.g.: The negotiations were tough, but they ended on a high note
n.
In the UK, a chav is a highly antisocial juvenile delinquent who wears (usually counterfeit) designer sports clothes and high-end brands and vulgar jewellery (= bling) and listens to rap music.
Very common, colloquial En France on appelle ça un caillera
n.
buttocks of (adult) woman
Slang; refers to a person's "bottom," in American English. A bit more polite than "ass," less clinical than "buttocks."
exp.
go to the extreme; do everything that could be done; exhaust all possibilities and resources
exp.
be negatively impacted by a situation, event.
E.g.: The building is being renovated, but for the moment people living there get the short end of the stick.
n.
term used to reffer to a person that thinks the end of the world is near

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