new wavenoun
uk/ˌnjuː ˈweɪv/us/ˌnuː ˈweɪv/new wave noun (FASHION)
[ S or U ] a fashion in something, such as art, music, cinema, or politics, that is intentionally different from traditional ideas in that subject or activity:
Truffaut was an important film director of the French New Wave.
new-wave music
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Modern & fashionable
- be (all) the rage idiom
- be having a moment idiom
- be the last word in sth idiom
- be the new sth idiom
- futuristic
- get with the programme idiom
- happening
- high-tech
- hip
- hipster
- minute 1
- programme
- sharp
- smart
- state-of-the-art
- street cred
- swinger
- swinging
- switched on
- à la mode
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new wave noun (PEOPLE)
[ S, + sing/pl verb ] people who are doing activities in a new and different way:
the new wave of wine producers
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Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- band
- bee
- corps
- crop
- galaxy
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- quarter
- stable
- threesome
- throng
- tribe
- triumvirate
- vintage
- wing
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