state-of-the-art
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- adjective
- /ˈsteɪt əv ði ɑrt/
- The hospital boasts state-of-the-art medical technology to provide the best care.
- state-of-the-art technology
- a state-of-the-art facility
- a state-of-the-art product
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Watch on YouTubeWe are in the state-of-the-art airplane, you know, brand new.
- We are in the state-of-the-art airplane, you know, brand new.
- We have at that time state-of-the-art cassette recorder for the cassette.
- It's, we've got a state-of-the-art fitness center.
- Some of them, their rooms are state-of-the-art.
- It was and still is, totally state-of-the-art.
- And, you know, there's saunas, there's cold plunges, there's state-of-the-art facilities, but he's asking me what to do.
- It will allow our School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard's newest school room, to grow in a state-of-the-art facility on Western Ave.
- No, there is literally a state-of-the-art world class theatre being built right now into the Sun Princess.
- He relied on the state-of-the-art techniques in special effects, well informed by what was then the current state-of-the-art of spacesuit design.
- A more state-of-the-art one is actually in the Dugway Proving Grounds, which is in Utah.
- It is outfitted with a special state-of-the-art cryo cooler that keeps its mid infrared instrument even colder than that.
Examples
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We have state-of-the-art equipment here.
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What impressed her most were the two state-of-the-art operating rooms complete with all the requisite ancillary equipment.
Fiction book (1992) -
Uh, this is our state-of-the-art physical therapy room.
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And this is where a lot of state-of-the-art biology is taking place.
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Believe me, Duke, this is state-of-the-art.
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It's, we've got a state-of-the-art fitness center.
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Her students raised more than $750,000 in grants to build a state-of-the-art rehearsal hall.
Academic text (1994) -
This equipment is state-of-the-art!
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State-of-the-art sorting, processing and packaging facility.
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The drill ship JOIDES Resolution is equipped with state-of-the-art science labs.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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Using very new electronic and computer equipment
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Of the highest quality and better than most similar things
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Very new and modern because it uses the latest ideas and technology
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A product that has very high quality and is often the most expensive option
Using very new and powerful technology in products and machines
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Etymology
State-of-the-art comes from the idea that state means 'condition' and art means 'skill' or 'technique', so it literally says the current best level of skill or technology. That's why we call very new machines or methods 'state-of-the-art'.