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Cutting-edge

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Adjective

1. cutting-edge, up-to-date, with-it

in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style

Example Sentences:
'wears only the latest style'
'the last thing in swimwear'
'cutting-edge technology'
'a with-it boutique'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cutting-edge

see synonyms of cutting-edge
noun
1. 
the leading position in any field; forefront
on the cutting edge of space technology
adjective cutting-edge
2. 
at the forefront of people or things in a field of activity; leading
cutting-edge technology
modifier
at the forefront of people or things in a field of activity; leading
the men and women doing the cutting-edge research dealing with GM foods
What we are planning is cutting-edge technology never seen in Australia before.
Some of what is happening at Packard is cutting-edge medicine.
Stockholm's reputation for cutting-edge design

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Cutting-edge

see synonyms of cutting-edge
1. 
the effective or decisive element
2. 
the leading or most important position; forefront; vanguard
3. 
the most advanced or innovative position; the avant-garde

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cutting-edge

see synonyms of cutting-edge
n.
1. An effective quality or element.
2. The position of greatest advancement or importance; the forefront: "California is on the cutting edge of trends that spread nationwide" (Carl Ingram).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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