leadership

English

Etymology

From leader +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: lead‧er‧ship

Noun

leadership (countable and uncountable, plural leaderships)

  1. the capacity of someone to lead others
  2. a group of leaders
    • 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times‎:
      People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days?
  3. (dated) The office or status of a leader.

Translations

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Anagrams

French

Etymology

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.dœʁ.ʃip/

Noun

leadership m (plural leaderships)

  1. leadership (the characteristics of leading by the leader)

Synonyms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

leadership f (invariable)

  1. leadership
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