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avanguardia — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • avant garde adjective Strikingly new and experimental, especially in art, music, fashion or film, and ahead of what most people are used to.
  • cutting edge adjective So new and advanced that nothing else has gone further; at the front of what is currently possible in a field. Usually written with a hyphen before a noun.
  • vanguard noun The foremost part of an advancing army, fleet, or group.

Senses

avanguardia is used for these senses in English:

  • cutting edge (idiomatic, by extension, often with "on the") The forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.
  • vanguard (military) The leading units at the front of an army or fleet.

avant garde — full definition

  1. adjective Strikingly new and experimental, especially in art, music, fashion or film, and ahead of what most people are used to.
  2. noun The artists, writers or thinkers whose work breaks with established forms and points the way for others.

cutting edge — full definition

  1. adjective So new and advanced that nothing else has gone further; at the front of what is currently possible in a field. Usually written with a hyphen before a noun.
  2. noun The most advanced position in the development of something, where new work is being done first.
  3. noun The sharpened edge of a blade or tool, the part that does the cutting.

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