Meaning of au courant | Babel Free

Definitions

Up to date; informed about the latest developments; abreast.

Equivalents

Examples

“Doctor Portman and Smirke were both cautious of informing the widow of the constant outbreak of calumny which was pursuing poor Pen, though Glanders, who was a friend of the house, kept him au courant.”

“As Hemingway once noted, Paris is an old city—and so even a 1946 film looks au courant: part of the aesthetic air.”

“Its hipness recalls the films of Jean-Jacques Beineix and Leos Carax, making for an intoxicating blend of the retro and au courant.”

“A paragon from the Global South, as no one I know⟳ who lives there calls it, would be very 21st century, very au courant.”

““Know⟳ Your Enemy,” an au courant lefty podcast, has devoted multiple episodes to discussions of Freud, who has become⟳ a frequent topic of conversation among the show’s hosts.”

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