vanguard
at the forefront of an action or development
TRANSLATION
vanguard = der Vorreiter (woerterbuch.info) --- GOOGLE INDEX vanguard: approximately 23,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Women in the VANGUARD of change in Iran."
- BBC News Headline
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"The guerrilla band is an armed nucleus, the fighting VANGUARD of the people. It draws its great force from the mass of the people themselves."
- Che Guevara
- BBC News Headline
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"The guerrilla band is an armed nucleus, the fighting VANGUARD of the people. It draws its great force from the mass of the people themselves."
- Che Guevara
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vanguard
noun
- a group of people who lead the development of new ideas, or a leading position in the development of something
- the part of an army or navy that leads an attack on an enemy
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Vanguard stems from the Old French "avant-garde," which in military terms means the advance guard or the unit of an army that attacks an enemy first.
Vanguard can refer to a group of people who are active in the creation of innovations and new concepts such as in technology or the arts (She was a vanguard in the pop culture scene in New York). It can also describe someone or something that is at the position of greatest importance or advancement (The school is at the vanguard of the new education movement).
The great American writer Ernest Hemingway was considered one of the vanguards of bilingual language in novels through his use of Spanish words. He was also a vanguard in the military sense of the word. Hemingway covered both the Spanish Civil War and World War II as a war correspondent and was in the vanguard of the troops that liberated Paris in 1944. As the story goes, Hemingway stopped by the house of Picasso in order to pay his respects. He unfortunately found the artist was out. He left behind a wooden crate as a gift, on which he inscribed "To Picasso, from Hemingway." When the crate was opened, they discovered it was full of hand grenades.
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SYNONYMS
avant-garde, cutting edge, forefront, front, lead, leading edge, spearhead
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Being in the vanguard has risks, but also gives first-mover advantage."
noun
- a group of people who lead the development of new ideas, or a leading position in the development of something
- the part of an army or navy that leads an attack on an enemy
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Vanguard stems from the Old French "avant-garde," which in military terms means the advance guard or the unit of an army that attacks an enemy first.
Vanguard can refer to a group of people who are active in the creation of innovations and new concepts such as in technology or the arts (She was a vanguard in the pop culture scene in New York). It can also describe someone or something that is at the position of greatest importance or advancement (The school is at the vanguard of the new education movement).
The great American writer Ernest Hemingway was considered one of the vanguards of bilingual language in novels through his use of Spanish words. He was also a vanguard in the military sense of the word. Hemingway covered both the Spanish Civil War and World War II as a war correspondent and was in the vanguard of the troops that liberated Paris in 1944. As the story goes, Hemingway stopped by the house of Picasso in order to pay his respects. He unfortunately found the artist was out. He left behind a wooden crate as a gift, on which he inscribed "To Picasso, from Hemingway." When the crate was opened, they discovered it was full of hand grenades.
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SYNONYMS
avant-garde, cutting edge, forefront, front, lead, leading edge, spearhead
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Being in the vanguard has risks, but also gives first-mover advantage."
