English-Dutch translations for spearhead

• speerpunt
  Hoewel, als ik hem zo eens bekijk, is het woord speerpunt misschien toch niet helemaal goed gekozen. Looking at him, though, perhaps he is not quite as pointed as a spearhead.
  Wij hadden van hem ook niets anders verwacht. De heer Bourlanges is al sedert vele jaren een speerpunt in het Europese integratieproces. For many years Jean-Louis Bourlanges has spearheaded the process of European integration.
  Mijnheer de commissaris, u hebt de grensregio' s aangemerkt als speerpunt van het uitbreidingsproces. Commissioner, you said that the border regions would spearhead the EU enlargement process.

Definition of spearhead

• The pointed head, or end, of a spear
• One who leads or initiates an activity (such as an attack or a campaign
• A player who initiates attacking moves
• To drive or campaign ardently for, ''as'an effort, project, etc

Examples

• He spearheaded the entire project from day one.

Related words

• spear
• spearmint
• spearcaster
• Shakespearean
• Shakespeare
• Shakespearian
• spearfishing
• spearfish
• spearman