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vanguardia — 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.
  • forefront noun The most important or prominent position; the leading edge of something.
  • vanguard noun The foremost part of an advancing army, fleet, or group.

Senses

vanguardia is used for these senses in English:

  • avant-garde (obsolete) The vanguard of an army or other force.
  • avant-garde Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.
  • cutting edge (idiomatic, by extension, often with "on the") The forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.
  • forefront The leading position or edge.

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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