avant

[US]/ə'vant/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. (culturally or stylistically) innovative

Phrases & Collocations

avant-garde

avant-courier

Example Sentences

a controversial avant-garde composer.

the recuperation of the avant-garde for art.

a mixture of mainstream and avant-garde artists.

a casual acquaintance with avant-garde music.

an avant-garde theater piece

avant-garde painters; an avant-garde theater piece.

works by artists of the Russian avant-garde.

he was enthroned as the guru of the avant-garde.

Juventude Em Marcha En avant, jeunesse!

He contributed to the avant-garde review Martin Fierro, and co-founded the journal Proa (1924-26).

After World War I the Borges family lived in Spain, where he was a member of avant-garde Ultraist literary group.

Real-world Examples

All these avant gardes are interested in African art.

Source: Freakonomics

" Well then, en avant, marchons! To the twentieth century! To the twentieth century! Nejdanov, you are an advanced man, lead the way" !

Source: Virgin Land (Part 1)

He not only helped to establish photography as an art form, but was influential through his galleries in introducing avant garde artists from Europe to the public.

Source: VOA Special November 2020 Collection

Like Euripides, Sophocles seems to be quite deliberately both subverting the dramatic conventions of the Oresteia and unraveling avant la lettre Aristotle's understanding of tragedy.

Source: Simon Critchley - Tragedy the Greeks and Us

And although some of the work now may seem less avant garde or edgy, the capturing of quaint and depoliticized versions of colloquial American life was the driving force of the projects that received support.

Source: The story of origin

And although she was strongly influenced by the European avant garde, she celebrated all things indigenous to Mexico, including folk art styles and practices, the traditional clothing of Zapotec women, from Tehuantapec, Oaxaca, and most certainly, cooking.

Source: Art of Cooking Guide

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