cutting edge

cutting edge

n.

1. An effective quality or element.

2. The position of greatest advancement or importance; the forefront: "California is on the cutting edge of trends that spread nationwide" Carl Ingram.

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cutting edge

Noun

the leading position in any field; forefront: the cutting edge of space technology

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cutting edge - the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field; "the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England"; "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy" forefront, vanguard perspective, view, position - a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"
	2.	cutting edge - the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife knife edge blade - the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge edge - a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box" edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)

Translations

cutting edge n [of knife] → filo;

(fig) → vanguardia;

a country on or at the cutting edge of space technology → un país puntero en tecnología del espacio

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cutting edge n [of knife] → tranchant m;

on or at the cutting edge of → à la pointe de

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cutting edge n (fig) → Spitzenstellung f;

on the cutting edge (of) → an der Spitze +gen

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cutting edge n [of knife] → taglio, filo;

on or at the cutting edge of sth → all'avanguardia di qc