Dic: cutting edge

cutting edge:

1. the leading position in any field; forefront.
2. Fig. the most forward part of a trend; the leading part of a trend. (Alludes to the edge of a sword)

... Collins Essential, McGrow-Hill

• Some people on the cutting edge of fashion have one strip of hair dyed one color and the rest another color.
• University Hospital is at the cutting edge of medical technology.
• If Pearce had been fit, we would have won. We missed the cutting edge he would have given us.
• What we are planning is cutting-edge technology never seen in Australia before.

1. N-SING : usu at/on the N of n | If you are at the cutting edge of a particular field of activity, you are involved in its most important or most exciting developments.(= forefront)
| in front of others with what is new (Usage notes: also used in the form on the edge: )

• This band used to be on the edge, but it's much less exciting these days.

2. N-SING | If someone or something gives you a cutting edge, they give you an advantage over your competitors.

... Cobuild, http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/on+the+cutting+edge

3. ADJ : usu ADJ n | Cutting-edge techniques or equipment are the most advanced that there are in a particular field.