leadership
//ˈlidɚʃɪp//
Forms
- Plural
- leaderships
Definitions
1.The capacity of someone to lead others.
- Wise, determined leadership matters most.
2.A group of leaders.
- Companies should survey their employees regularly to evaluate the implementation among the leaderships and peers.
- 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.The office or status of a leader.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1471
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
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Proto-West Germanic *laidī
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Proto-West Germanic *laid
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Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Proto-West Germanic *laidijārī
Old English lǣdere