Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The position or office of a leader.
- noun Capacity or ability to lead.
- noun A group of leaders.
- noun Guidance; direction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office of a leader; guidance; control.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office, position or function of a leader.
- noun The quality of character and personality giving a person the ability to gain the confidence of and lead others.
- noun The people who serve as leaders of a group.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the capacity of someone to
lead - noun a group of
leaders - noun dated The office or status of a leader.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the ability to lead
- noun the body of people who lead a group
- noun the status of a leader
- noun the activity of leading
Etymologies
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Examples
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They seem to forget positions in leadership is not the head of a ghetto.
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A change in leadership is just a drop in the bucket.
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They are human – we all make mistakes – however when you are in leadership, your mistakes are excused but you're quality of leadership is below 0.
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He told Fox that Rumsfeld has run the Pentagon through intimidation and that a change in leadership is needed.
Think Progress » VIDEO: 8th General Calls For Rumsfeld’s Resignation 2006
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Marine General Paul Van Riper told Fox that Rumsfeld has run the Pentagon through intimidation and that a change in leadership is needed.
Think Progress » VIDEO: 8th General Calls For Rumsfeld’s Resignation 2006
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He told Fox that Rumsfeld has run the Pentagon through intimidation and that a change in leadership is needed.
Think Progress » VIDEO: 8th General Calls For Rumsfeld’s Resignation 2006
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Katrina, not only exposed inadiquicies in leadership from the Whitehouse, but also the great lengths they take from abstaining from blame while laying blame on others.
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This centre of excellence in leadership is located here in Toronto.
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Now, one of the most difficult things in leadership, especially in industrial leadership, is what I think we can call "communications", which means how you get the intention of the top man right to the boy with the oily rag, right down through the whole organization.
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This Mayor of ours appears to taking the word leadership and showing us its meaning.
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