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Webster 1913 Edition


Leadership

Lead′er-ship

,
Noun.
1.
The office, position or function of a leader;
as, Gingrich held the House
leadership
for six years
.

Definition 2024


leadership

leadership

English

Noun

leadership (plural leaderships)

  1. the capacity of someone to lead
  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.

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French

Etymology

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.dœʁ.ʃip/

Noun

leadership m (plural leaderships)

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

Synonyms


Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English.

Noun

leadership f (invariable)

  1. leadership