Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Any of several movements in music and film which are or were considered cutting edge.
- an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s
- any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
Examples
6 sentencesTom doesn't like new wave music.
Mary only listens to new wave music.
What's the relationship between punk and new wave?
Protesters Sunday expressed some worry the same fate will befall the new wave of demonstrations.
deDemonstranten am Sonntag zeigten sich besorgt, dass die neue Demonstrationswelle ein ähnliches Schicksal ereilen könne. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR
Elvis Costello is a demigod of new wave music.
Origin
Calque of French Nouvelle Vague.Calque of French Nouvelle Vague.
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s:Nouvelle Vague
- any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts):avant-gardevanguardvan
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.