VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

State of the art

Meaning:

The phrase state of the art refers to something that reflects the highest level of development, something that is very up-to-date.

Examples:

  • Well, we're a small museum, but the system's state of the art.
  • The bad news is that the security around the sign is state of the art.
  • This boat is the state of the art in plywood/epoxy boatbuilding.
  • The equipment of massive dynamic is state of the art.
  • A state of the art elevator is installed at the Hotel.
  • The investment must go ‘beyond the state of the art’
  • What is the current state of the art?
  • Those standards shall reflect the state of the art.
  • That is the state of the art, Mrs Harkin.
  • Our system is state of the art.