spearheading
present participle ofspearhead
spearhead
verb[T]
uk/ˈspɪə.hed/us/ˈspɪr.hed/toleadsomething such as anattackor acourseofaction:
Britishtroopsspearheaded theinvasion.
Joe Walker will be spearheadingournewmarketinginitiative.
Describing the leading position
- ahead
- ahead of
- be in the front lineidiom
- be streets aheadidiom
- front
- front-line
- frontier
- lead
- lead the field/pack/worldidiom
- leading edge
- pole position
- spearhead
- standard-bearer
- street
- the cutting edge
- the frontiers ofsomethingidiom
- the tip of the spearidiom
- the vanguard
- tip
- trailblazer
Examplesofspearheading
spearheading
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Those of us teaching the arts were seen asspearheadingthinking about the aesthetic and creative area.
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Allied military intelligence about the horrific sanitary conditions in the camps was not relayed to the field units that werespearheadingthe military advance.
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Indeed, it has taken a proactive role inspearheadinglocal initiatives in some sectors.
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I do not wish to deny him appropriate credit forspearheadingsome fresh ideas.
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In fact, that is what has happened, and that is why the national industries arespearheadingthe wage inflation process.
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We arespearheadingthe new modern apprenticeship scheme in partnership with the training and enterprise councils and the industry training organisations.
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In each programme individual regions have been given a lead role inspearheadingspecific projects.
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Therefore, he wasspearheadingthe swing back to rail.
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They should bespearheadinga strategy to reduce the level of crime in society.
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I suggest that offshore activities arespearheadingdiving developments.
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The company claims to bespearheadingindustrial democracy, but the truth is far from that.
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The importance of those managers inspearheadingand concluding a lot of that work is something which we fully understand.
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May we have a debate on the engineering industry and the role of the engineering profession in safeguarding our economic future andspearheadingthe recovery?
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However, the scheme sounds an attractive idea, for it would involve the giving of a very personal tax incentive to the men who really arespearheadingour export drive.
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He is being accused ofspearheadingthe scheme and laundering funds and has to enter his family into a witness protection program.
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- green electricity
- green-electricity
- green energy
- green-energy
- greener pastures
- greener-pastures
- greenery
- green feather
- greenfield
- greenfield project
- greenfield-project
- greenfield site
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