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Meaning of vanguard | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The foremost position in an army or fleet advancing into battle.
  2. The foremost or leading position in a trend or movement.
  3. (Military) the leading division or units of a military force
  4. the leading position in any movement or field, or the people who occupy such a position: the vanguard of modern literature.
  5. the front part of an advancing army.
  6. the forefront in any field.
  7. the leaders of any intellectual or political movement.
  8. 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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  9. the part of an army going in front of the main body. voorhoede طَليعَة الجَيْش воен. авангард vanguarda předvoj die Vorhut fortrop 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 voorhoedefortropp straż przednia vanguarda avangardă авангард predvoj predstraža izvidnica förtrupp ทหารกองหน้า ileri kol, öncü 前鋒部隊 головний загін مقدمۃ الجیس، ہراول...
  10. the leaders in any movement. We're in the vanguard of the movement for reform! spits طَليعَة حَرَكَةٍ ما челен отряд vanguarda první linie die Spitze ledelse πρωτοπορίαvanguardia avangard پیشگام kärkijoukko avant-gardeחלוץ आन्दोलन का नेतृत्व करने वाला predstraža élcsapat pelopor forysta, fylkingarbrjóst avanguardia 先駆者 (운동, 분야, 활동 등의) 선두, 지도자 avangardas avangards pelopor voorhoedefortropp, avantgardeawangarda vanguarda avan­gardă авангард prvá línia avantgarda avangarda främsta led, avantgard...

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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