What does avant-garde mean?
Avant-garde means (obsolete) The vanguard of an army or other force..
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/æˈvɑ̃t.ɡɑːd/ · noun
(obsolete) The vanguard of an army or other force..
It was a very avant-garde production.
I fear she will pay a heavy price for the avant garde ideas she has been sold.
There’s a moment, for instance, in the competition show Beast Games that struck me as something close to avant garde. Donaldson lays out a million dollars in cash in a big pile, and instructs each of the 10 remaining contestants to come out of their little houses one by one, and to choose how much money they want to take from the pile.
Use avant-garde when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Avant-garde means (obsolete) The vanguard of an army or other force..
Common synonyms include remnant, vanguard, underground, original.
Possible antonyms include arrière-garde.
It was a very avant-garde production.
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