vanguard

van·guard  (vngärd)

n.

1. The foremost position in an army or fleet advancing into battle.

2.

a. The foremost or leading position in a trend or movement.

b. Those occupying a foremost position.

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[Middle English vandgard, from avaunt garde, from Old French : avaunt, before (from Latin abante; see advance) + garde, guard (from garder, to guard; see guard).]

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vanguard·ism n.

vanguard·ist n.

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vanguard [ˈvænˌgɑːd]

n

1. (Military) the leading division or units of a military force

2. the leading position in any movement or field, or the people who occupy such a position the vanguard of modern literature

[from Old French avant-garde, from avant- fore- + garde guard]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vanguard - the leading units moving at the head of an army van army unit - a military unit that is part of an army
	2.	vanguard - any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) avant-garde, van, new wave art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles
	3.	vanguard - the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field; "the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England"; "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy" cutting edge, forefront perspective, view, position - a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"

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vanguard

noun forefront, front line, cutting edge, leaders, front, van, spearhead, forerunners, front rank, trailblazers, advance guard, trendsetters Students have been in the vanguard of revolutionary change in China.
back, rear, rearguard, tail end

Translations

vanguard [ˈvængɑːd] N → vanguardia f
to be in the vanguard → ir a la vanguardia, estar en la vanguardia
to be in the vanguard of progress → ir a or estar en la vanguardia del progreso

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vanguard [ˈvængɑː^rd] n

(fig) [thinking, development] → avant-garde m
to be in the vanguard of sth → être à l'avant-garde de qch

(MILITARY) → avant-garde f

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vanguard

n (Mil, Naut) → Vorhut f; (fig also) → Spitze f, → Führung f; in the vanguard of reform → an der Spitze der Reformen

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vanguard [ˈvænˌgɑːd] n → avanguardia
to be in the vanguard of progress → essere all'avanguardia del progresso
to be in the vanguard of a movement → essere le avanguardie fpl di un movimento

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vanguard

n vanguard [ˈvӕngaːd]

1 the part of an army going in front of the main body. voorhoede طَليعَة الجَيْش воен. авангард předvoj fortrop die Vorhut εμπροσθοφυλακή vanguardia eelvägi پیش قراول eturintama avant-garde חֵיל חָלוּץ सेनाग्र prethodnica előőrs regu pelopor framvarðarsveit avanguardia 前衛 (군대의) 전초, 선봉 avangardas avangards barisan hadapan voorhoede fortropp straż przednia vanguarda avangardă авангард predvoj predstraža izvidnica förtrupp ทหารกองหน้า ileri kol, öncü 前鋒部隊 головний загін مقدمۃ الجیس، ہراول دستہ quân tiên phong 先头部队

2 the leaders in any movement We're in the vanguard of the movement for reform! spits طَليعَة حَرَكَةٍ ما челен отряд první linie ledelse die Spitze πρωτοπορία vanguardia avangard پیشگام kärkijoukko avant-garde חָלוּץ आन्दोलन का नेतृत्व करने वाला predstraža élcsapat pelopor forysta, fylkingarbrjóst avanguardia 先駆者 (운동, 분야, 활동 등의) 선두, 지도자 avangardas avangards pelopor voorhoede fortropp, avantgarde awangarda vanguarda avan­gardă авангард prvá línia avantgarda avangarda främsta led, avantgarde ผู้นำทางสังคม liderler 任何運動的領導者，先鋒 керівництво تحريک کے رہ نما người đi tiên phong 领导者