vogue /vəʊɡ/ (n):
# [countable, usually singular, uncountable] a fashion for something.
vogue for something: the vogue for child-centred education.
in vogue: Black is in vogue again.
Sixties music has come back into vogue.
This novel had a great vogue ten years ago.
state of the art /ˌsteɪt əv ði ˈɑːt/ (adj):
# using the most modern or advanced techniques or methods; as good as it can be at the present time.
The system was state of the art.
A state-of-the-art system.
The Physics Department has state of the art facilities.
in /ɪn/ (adj):
# [usually before noun] (informal) popular and fashionable.
Purple is the in colour this spring.
Exotic pets are the in thing right now.
Short skirts are in again.
in force /fɔːrs/ (idiom):
# (of a law, rule, etc.) being used.
The new regulations are now in force.
up to date /ˌʌp tə ˈdeɪt/ (adj):
# modern; fashionable.
This technology is bang up to date (= completely modern).
up-to-date clothes.
up-to-date equipment.
We'll have to bring our equipment up to date.
*** Bang /bæŋ/ (adv): (informal, especially British English) exactly; completely.
cutting edge /ˌkʌtɪŋ ˈedʒ/ (n):
# [singular] the cutting edge (of something): the newest, most advanced stage in the development of something.
working at the cutting edge of computer technology.
# [singular] an aspect of something that gives it an advantage.
We're relying on him to give the team a cutting edge.
cutting-edge /ˌkʌtɪŋ ˈedʒ/ (adj):
# at the newest, most advanced stage in the development of something.
cutting-edge technology/ research/ science/ design.
bleeding edge /ˌbliːdɪŋ ˈedʒ/ (n):
# [singular] (computing) the bleeding edge (of something): technology that is so advanced that there may be problems when you use it.
They were working at the bleeding edge of chip design.
bleeding edge applications.
bleeding-edge /ˌbliːdɪŋ ˈedʒ/ (adj):
# (before noun) relating to or describing systems, devices, or ideas that are so modern that they are still being developed.
bleeding-edge technology.