Spearhead - English meaning

idiom

Radically new or original

noun

New and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature.

Usage examples:

He has been called a promoter of the avant-garde

adjective

Favouring or introducing new and experimental ideas and methods.

Usage examples:

A controversial avant-garde composer

noun

The leading or most important position or place.

Usage examples:

The issue has moved to the forefront of the political agenda

noun

The most important or leading position

Usage examples:

She was in the forefront on many social issues of her day.

noun

The most noticeable or important position in a particular market, activity, or group

Usage examples:

At/in the forefront of (doing) sth the company is at the forefront of developing new technology to …

noun

The side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first; the most forward part of something.

Usage examples:

A page at the front of the book had been torn out

adjective

Of or at the front.

Usage examples:

The front cover of the magazine

verb

(of a building or piece of land) have the front facing or directed towards.

Usage examples:

The flats which fronted crow road

noun

The upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.

Usage examples:

Whatever comes into my head

adjective

Chief; principal.

Usage examples:

The head waiter

verb

Be in the leading position on.

Usage examples:

The st george's day procession was headed by the mayor

verb

Cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward.

Usage examples:

She emerged leading a bay horse

noun

The initiative in an action; an example for others to follow.

Usage examples:

Britain is now taking the lead in environmental policies

noun

A soft, heavy, ductile bluish-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. it has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields, etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an anti-knock agent in petrol, and (formerly) in paints.

Usage examples:

There's evidence that heavy metals such as lead and cadmium can make osteoporosis worse.

noun

A medium-sized motor vehicle, typically without side windows in the rear part, for transporting goods.

Usage examples:

Delivery vans can't pull in and are holding up the traffic behind them

noun

The foremost part of a group of people moving or preparing to move forwards, especially the foremost division of an advancing military force.

Usage examples:

In the van were the foremost chiefs and some of the warriors astride horses

noun

A winnowing fan.

Usage examples:

Nothing is more commonly found in the monuments of the heathen feasts than a small chest, a van, an…

noun

A group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas.

Usage examples:

The experimental spirit of the modernist vanguard

noun

The front part of a group of people who are moving forward, esp. an army

Usage examples:

These craftspeople are in the vanguard in the art of modern furniture design.