Meaning

2 senses
  1. The leading units at the front of an army or fleet.

    Vorhut

    аванга́рдavangárd

    аванга́рдavanhárd

    the leading units moving at the head of an army

  2. (broadly)The person or people at the forefront of a group or movement.

    Avantgarde, Spitze

    аванга́рдavangárd

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Imagination is the vanguard of thought.

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  2. The Communist Party is the vanguard of the working class.

    Комуністична партія — авангард робочого класу.

    ruКоммунистическая партия — авангард рабочего класса.

    deDie Kommunistische Partei ist die Vorhut der Arbeiterklasse.

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  3. Russia represents the vanguard of the revolutionary struggle in Europe.

    ruРоссия представляет собой авангард революционной борьбы в Европе.

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  4. An army was divided into the vanguard, the rearguard and the main body.

    ruАрмия состояла из авангарда, арьергарда и основных сил.

    deEine Armee bestand aus Vorhut, Nachhut und Hauptstreitmacht.

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  5. Vanguard 1 was the first spacecraft to use solar cells. It's the oldest artificial satellite still in orbit around Earth.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
leading units of an army:
Русский
By meaning 1
leading units of an army:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
leading units of an army:
forefront of any group or movement:

Origin

From Middle English vandgard, vaunte garde, vaunt garde, wantgard, from advaunte-garde, av

From Middle English vandgard, vaunte garde, vaunt garde, wantgard, from advaunte-garde, avauntgard with aphesis, from Old French avangarde, avant-garde, avantgarde, from avant (“before; in front”) + garde (“guard”). Doublet of avant-garde and vaward.

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Forms

plural: vanguards
Singularvanguard
Pluralvanguards

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field:forefrontcutting edge
  • the leading units moving at the head of an army:van
  • any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts):avant-gardevannew wave

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

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