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Meanings of vanguard in inglês

português
anteguarda
catalão
avantguarda
espanhol
vanguardia

Any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

anteguarda
português
primeiro plano

The position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field.

primeiro plano

The leading units moving at the head of an army.

Usage of vanguard in inglês
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Kramer is in the vanguard of a new type of mass litigation.
Reuters
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These be the ships appointed for the first rank of the vanguard:
Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 / Publications of the Navy Reco...
3
The vanguard was overthrown; its men made serfs and its women mothers.
The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man
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But then, Sweden has been in the vanguard for quite some time.
Wired
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It was here, he said, that the Taliban played a vanguard role.
The forever war
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I want UK businesses to be in the vanguard of that move.
The Guardian
7
The fighting between the Northern rearguard, and the Southern vanguard never ceased.
The Sword of Antietam: A Story of the Nation's Crisis
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General de la Peña, who commanded the vanguard, accepted the same conditions.
World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France
9
The vanguard-theforlorn hope of the great plot, he commented to himself.
Under Western Eyes
10
One hour later the vanguard of the imperial army resumed its march.
Prince Eugene and His Times
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Its new Gear S3 looks to launch it to the vanguard again.
The Irish Times
12
When the empire's days ran out, Gusinsky merged into the capitalist vanguard.
Wired
13
General Motors and Nissan are the vanguard of the looming EV revolution.
Wired
14
The towering Lekgolo pair growled their gratitude at leading the true vanguard.
Ghosts of Onyx
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His great-grandfather fell at Crecy, leading the vanguard of the French host.
Joan of Arc
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The vanguard of the land hungry had already penetrated to Fort George.
North of Fifty-Three
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Translations for vanguard
catalão
avantguarda
Vanguard through the time
Vanguard across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common