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| Main Entry: | forefront |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prominence |
| Synonyms: | beginning, center, cutting edge, focus, fore, front, lead, leading edge, limelight, spearhead, vanguard, foreground, forepart |
| Antonyms: | background |
| Main Entry: | forefront/foreground |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prominence |
| Synonyms: | beginning, center, focus, fore, front, lead, limelight*, spearhead*, state-of-the-art, vanguard, cutting-edge, forepart, leading-edge, on the line |
| Antonyms: | back, background, rear, unimportance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cutting edge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leading position |
| Synonyms: | advancement, avant-garde, fore, forefront, front, innovation, invention, leading edge, new wave, pioneer, point, spearhead, van, vanguard, advance guard, front line, newest technology |
| Main Entry: | state-of-the-art |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pertaining to highest level of development at time |
| Synonyms: | advanced, au courant, avant-garde, contemporary, cutting edge*, cutting edge, fashionable, forefront, latest, leading edge, modern, modernistic, new, newfangled, red-hot*, stylish, trendy, ultramodern, up-to-date, all the rage, brand-new, in, in-thing, most recent, newest, trendsetting, up-to-the-minute |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leading edge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forward edge |
| Synonyms: | cutting edge, forefront, front, point, state-of-the-art, van, vanguard, front edge |
| Main Entry: | head |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | front, beginning |
| Synonyms: | commencement, fore, forefront, fountainhead, origin, rise, source, start, van, vanguard, first place |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, ending, finish |
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