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View synonyms for state of the art
state of the art
noun
- the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
state of the art
noun
- the level of knowledge and development achieved in a technique, science, etc, esp at present
adjective
- the most recent and therefore considered the best; up-to-the-minute
a state-of-the-art amplifier
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- state-of-the-art adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of state of the art1
First recorded in 1960–65
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Idioms and Phrases
The highest level of development, very up-to-date, as in This new television set reflects the state of the art in screen technology . Despite including the word art , this term originated in technology, and its first recorded use appears in a 1910 book on the gas turbine. Today it is often used adjectivally, as in This is a state-of-the-art camera , and sometimes very loosely, as in That movie is state-of-the-art Woody Allen .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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