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van·guard
(văn′gärd)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.
[Middle English vandgard, from avaunt garde, from Old French : avaunt, before (from Latin abante; see advance) + garde, guard (from garder, to guard; see guard).]
van′guard·ism n.
van′guard·ist n.
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vanguard
(ˈvænˌɡɑːd)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.
[C15: from Old French avant-garde, from avant- fore- + garde guard]
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van•guard
(ˈvænˌgɑrd)n.
1. the front part of an advancing army.
2. the forefront in any field.
3. the leaders of any intellectual or political movement.
[1480–90; earlier van(d)gard(e) < Middle French avangarde, variant of avant-garde]
van′guard•ism, n.
van′guard•ist, n.
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| Noun | 1. |  vanguard - the leading units moving at the head of an armyarmy 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) 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"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
back, rear, rearguard, tail end
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Translations
طَليعَة الجَيْشطَليعَة حَرَكَةٍ ما
předvojprvní linie
fortropledelse
etujoukko
élcsapatelõõrs
forysta, fylkingarbrjóstframvarîarsveit
avangardas
avangards
predvoj
ileri kolliderleröncü
vanguard
[ˈvængɑːd] N → vanguardia fto 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
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
vanguard
[ˈvængɑːrd] n (fig) [thinking, development] → avant-garde m
to be in the vanguard of sth → être à l'avant-garde de qch
to be in the vanguard of sth → être à l'avant-garde de qch
(MILITARY) → avant-garde f
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vanguard
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
vanguard
[ˈvænˌgɑːd] n → avanguardiato 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
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
vanguard
(ˈvӕngaːd) noun1. the part of an army going in front of the main body.
2. the leaders in any movement. We're in the vanguard of the movement for reform!
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