From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcutting edgeˌcutting ˈedge noun1 →the cutting edge (of something)2[singular] an advantage over other people or things
The team are relying on Gregg to give them a cutting edge. —cutting-edge adjective
cutting-edge scientific discoveriesExamples from the Corpuscutting edge• Each at the cutting edge of possibility within its own historicalcontext, each a breakthrough in the standards of its day.• However, it all boils down to execution at the cutting edge.• Settlement houses and settlement house workers were at the cutting edge of social change.• But the cutting edge doesn't come cheap.• But this is the cutting edge of labor.• However, we now understand that the imagery of the cutting edge is so much stronger and powerful than we believed.From Longman Business Dictionarycutting edgeˌcutting ˈedge noun [countable]if a company or its work is at the cutting edge of an activity, they are working in the most advanced area of it, using the newest methods, systems, equipment etccutting edge ofThe scientific and engineering skills which we have developed are at the cutting edge of nuclear technology. —cutting-edge adjective [only before a noun]exciting, cutting-edge media projects
