Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

latest and greatest

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English

Syllables: lat-est and -great-est
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Thoroughly up-to-date; cutting-edge.

Example Sentences

"DiBattista advocated balanced webmastery: Don't go to the leading edge if it forces users to buy the latest and greatest Web stuff."

Etymology

Chosen for the rhyme.

Inflected Forms

form only (superlative)

Questions

What does latest and greatest mean?: Thoroughly up-to-date; cutting-edge.
Where does latest and greatest come from?: Chosen for the rhyme.

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