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latest and greatest

latest and greatest adjective: thoroughly up-to-date; cutting-edge.

Adjective

latest and greatest (superlative form only)

  1. Thoroughly up-to-date; cutting-edge.
    • DiBattista advocated balanced webmastery: Don't go to the leading edge if it forces users to buy the latest and greatest Web stuff.1996, Computerworld, volume 30, number 21

Forms of latest and greatest

superlativeform only

Origin of latest and greatest

Chosen for the rhyme.

Questions about latest and greatest

What does latest and greatest mean?
Latest and greatest means thoroughly up-to-date; cutting-edge.
What part of speech is latest and greatest?
Latest and greatest is an adjective.

Words near latest and greatest in the dictionary

  1. lateshit
  2. lateshits
  3. latesome
  4. latespinoside
  5. latest
  6. latest and greatest
  7. latestly
  8. latests
  9. latewake
  10. latewakes
  11. lateward

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