Spearhead - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈspɪrhed|
Brit.
|ˈspɪəhed|
noun
- someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)
- the leading military unit in an attack
- the head and sharpened point of a spear
- the leading military unit in an attack
- the head and sharpened point of a spear
verb
- be the leader of
She spearheaded the effort to find a cure for the disease
Extra examples
Her book was the spearhead of the clean water movement.
America is the spearhead of superindustrialism
The spearhead of the operation will be handled by ourselves
The group became the spearhead of the labor union movement.
He was urged to spearhead an anti-smoking campaign.
She spearheaded the effort to find a cure for the disease
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: spearhead
he/she/it: spearheads
present participle: spearheading
past tense: spearheaded
past participle: spearheaded
I/you/we/they: spearhead
he/she/it: spearheads
present participle: spearheading
past tense: spearheaded
past participle: spearheaded
noun
singular: spearhead
plural: spearheads
singular: spearhead
plural: spearheads
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