state of the art

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noun

the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.

Origin of state of the art

First recorded in 1960–65

OTHER WORDS FROM state of the art

state-of-the-art, adjective

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Words related to state-of-the-art

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British Dictionary definitions for state-of-the-art

state of the art

noun

the level of knowledge and development achieved in a technique, science, etc, esp at present

adjective state-of-the-art (prenominal)

the most recent and therefore considered the best; up-to-the-minute a state-of-the-art amplifier

Idioms and Phrases with state-of-the-art

state of the art

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.