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单词 cutting-edge
释义

cutting edge

noun

1
: a sharp effect or quality
2
: the foremost part or place : vanguard
cutting-edge
ˈkə-tiŋ-ˌej How to pronounce cutting edge (audio)
adjective

Synonyms

  • avant-garde
  • van
  • vanguard
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Example Sentences

a company that has always been on the cutting edge of the new electronic media He's a director who tries to keep his films right on the cutting edge.
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Word History

First Known Use

1804, in the meaning defined at sense 1

cutting-edge 1 of 2

adjective

as in advanced
being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques his insistent tracking shots and rapid-fire pacing earned him a reputation as a cutting-edge filmmaker

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • advanced
  • pioneering
  • progressive
  • unconventional
  • modern
  • avant
  • contemporary
  • new
  • state-of-the-art
  • revolutionary
  • original
  • avant-garde
  • underground
  • bizarre
  • alternative
  • trailblazing
  • modernistic
  • current
  • strange
  • nontraditional
  • novel
  • outré
  • fresh
  • unprecedented
  • newfangled
  • ultramodern
  • unfamiliar
  • antiestablishment
  • way-out
  • hot
  • unknown
  • up-to-date
  • far-out
  • space-age
  • unaccustomed
  • unheard-of
  • new-fashioned
  • mod
  • present-day
  • red-hot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • traditional
  • conventional
  • customary
  • established
  • orthodox

cutting edge

2 of 2

noun

1
as in underground
the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts an urban enclave that has an established reputation for being hospitable to artists who are part of the cutting edge

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • underground
  • vanguard
  • pioneer
  • van
  • avant-garde
  • precursor
  • forerunner
  • trailblazer
  • avant-gardist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • establishment
  • old guard
2
as in forefront
the leading or most important part of a movement a company that has always been on the cutting edge of the new electronic media

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • forefront
  • leading edge
  • front line
  • van
  • vanguard
  • spearhead
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