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spearheading

spearheading is the present participle and gerund of spearhead.

Meaning of spearhead

Verb

spearhead (third-person singular simple present spearheads, present participle spearheading, simple past and past participle spearheaded)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To drive or campaign ardently for (an effort, project, etc.); to direct.
    • He spearheaded the entire project from day one.

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Questions about spearheading

What is spearheading the present participle and gerund of?
Spearheading is the present participle and gerund of spearhead.

Words near spearheading in the dictionary

  1. spearguns
  2. spearhead
  3. spearheaded
  4. spearheader
  5. spearheaders
  6. spearheading
  7. spearheads
  8. spearing
  9. spearings
  10. spearless
  11. spearlet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spearheading (page history and authors); spearhead (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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