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to spearhead
01
to be the person who leads something like an attack, campaign, movement, etc.
Transitive: to spearhead an attach or endeavor
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
spearhead
3rd person singular
spearheads
Present participle
spearheading
Past simple
spearheaded
Past participle
spearheaded
Examples
The general chose to spearhead the military offensive personally.
Spearhead
01
the head and sharpened point of a spear
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
spearheads
02
the leading military unit in an attack
03
someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)
Lexical Tree
spearhead
spear
head
