state of the art en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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At the highest level of development at a particular time; cutting-edge.
state-of-the-art technology
In other words, what I am saying is that when you plan to put into a future aircraft something that is state of the art you are putting in something as far advanced as present technology will allow and that is very much further advanced than things that are in present aircraft.
1964, U.S. Government Printing Office, Hearings Before and Special Reports Made by Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives on Subjects Affecting the Naval and Military Establishments, →OCLC, page 7606:The components considered applicable to the design of a power train for a state-of-the-art electric vehicle are: Induction motor and 3-phase AC controller[…]
1978, [United States] Department of Energy, Preliminary Power Train Design for a State-of-the-art Electric Vehicle, page A-29:How good are DCGs from a linguistic perspective? Well, mixed. At one stage (in the early 1980s) they were pretty much state of the art. […]
2006, Patrick Blackburn, Johan Bos, Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §8.3When the Cotillion arrived, we threw out the television Model D-575 has custom flute presets and Harmony Plus in addition Now for an arm and a leg we get three half-dozen beats to choose from So now we can pretend that there's an orchestra in the loungeroom […] State, state, state, state of the art (State of the art) Hold the phone, it's so state, state, state, state of the art (Computer-controlled tone color) State, state, state, state of the art (The marriage of music and computers is quite natural) Oh my God, it's so state, state, state, state of the art (It is time to hear the result)
2011, Gotye, “State of the Art”, in Making Mirrors, performed by Gotye:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more state of the art | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| state-of-the-art | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most state of the art | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Relateds
state of play · state of affairs
Translations (31)
cmn 前沿 (at the highest level of development) · es lo más novedoso en (at the highest level of development) · sh posljednji krik (at the highest level of development) · eo unuaranga (at the highest level of development) · ms canggih (at the highest level of development) · fr dernier cri (at the highest level of development) · hu legkorszerűbb (at the highest level of development) · cmn 尖端 (at the highest level of development) · pt de ponta (at the highest level of development) · cs nejmodernější (at the highest level of development) · eo plej moderna (at the highest level of development) · gd ùr-nodha (at the highest level of development) · pt de última tecnologia (at the highest level of development) · pl supernowoczesny (at the highest level of development) · ru нове́йший (at the highest level of development) · es lo último en (at the highest level of development) · fi viimeisin (at the highest level of development) · hi अत्याधुनिक (at the highest level of development) · de modernst (at the highest level of development) · ru по после́днему сло́ву (at the highest level of development) · pt top de linha (at the highest level of development) · ko 첨단 (at the highest level of development) · es al estado del arte (at the highest level of development) · es de última tecnología/generación (at the highest level of development) · ru совреме́нный (at the highest level of development) · it allo stato dell'arte (at the highest level of development) · ca capdavanter (at the highest level of development) · it di ultima generazione (at the highest level of development) · fr de pointe (at the highest level of development) · fr nec plus ultra (at the highest level of development) · ko 최신 (at the highest level of development)