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leadership en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈliːdə(ɹ)ʃɪp/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 ▲ Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Proto-West Germanic *laidijārī Old English lǣdere Middle English ledere English leader Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English leadership From leader + -ship.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The capacity of someone to lead others.
   • Shepard: You have a plan? Ambassador Udina: The galaxy needs leadership. Real leadership. When a crisis hits, we can't be paralyzed by debate like the old Council. Ambassador Udina: The new Council must rule with a single voice. It must be assembled from one species alone -- humanity! 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
   • Wise, determined leadership matters most.
   • Personal leadership is a fundamental of successful government. I do not mean the leadership of the band of good fellows and good schemers who followed President Harding, nor the purely perfunctory party loyalty which has part of the time in part of the country sustained the present Chief Executive. I mean that leadership which, by sheer force of mind, by chain of unanswerable logic, has brought friends and foes alike to enact vitally needed measures of government reform. 1928, Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Presentation”, in The Happy Warrior Alfred E. Smith, Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC, →OL, pages 28–29:
2. (countable, uncountable) A group of leaders.
   • 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? 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in The New York Times:
   • Companies should survey their employees regularly to evaluate the implementation among the leaderships and peers. 2018 December 10, Kathryn Vasel, “How to create a company culture that works”, in CNN:
   • In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book. 2024 October 9, Hadas Gold, Liam Reilly and Brian Stelter, “Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout”, in CNN:
3. (countable, uncountable) The office or status of a leader.

Forms

Deriveds

anti-leadership · leadership spill · deckplate leadership · attitude reflects leadership · misleadership · e-leadership · losership

Translations (104)

sl vodstvo (capacity to lead) · ka მეთაურობა (capacity to lead) · ky лидерлик (capacity to lead) · vi khả năng lãnh đạo (capacity to lead) · fa رهبری (capacity to lead) · ka წინამძღვრობა (capacity to lead) · pl przywództwo (office of leader) · it leadership (capacity to lead) · de Führung (capacity to lead) · ar قِيَادَة (capacity to lead) · am መሪነት (capacity to lead) · it carisma (capacity to lead) · mk раководство (group of leaders) · mk раководство (office of leader) · tr liderlik (capacity to lead) · ka ხელმძღვანელობა (office of leader) · nl leiderschap (capacity to lead) · cs vůdcovství (capacity to lead) · ru ли́дерство (capacity to lead) · es jefatura (office of leader) · ml നേതൃത്വം (group of leaders) · pl przywództwo (capacity to lead) · uz liderlik (capacity to lead) · fa ریاست (capacity to lead) · eo kondukemeco (capacity to lead) · hy ղեկավարություն (capacity to lead) · hu vezetői képesség (capacity to lead) · tg роҳбарӣ (capacity to lead) · sw uongozi (capacity to lead) · tg раёсат (capacity to lead) · sv ledarskap (capacity to lead) · eu buruzagitza (office of leader) · es liderato (capacity to lead) · ru руково́дство (group of leaders) · fi johto (office of leader) · fr charisme (capacity to lead) · pl kierownictwo (group of leaders) · it autorità (capacity to lead) · es liderazgo (capacity to lead) · sh vòdstvo (capacity to lead) · ca prefectura (office of leader) · kk қолбасшылық (capacity to lead) · uk лі́дерство (capacity to lead) · it direzione (group of leaders) · uk керівни́цтво (group of leaders) · cmn 領導能力 /领导能力 (capacity to lead) · be кіраўні́цтва (group of leaders) · de Leitung (capacity to lead) · he רָאשׁוּת (office of leader) · az başçılıq (capacity to lead) · sh во̀дство (capacity to lead) · ky баштоочулук (capacity to lead) · ka ლიდერობა (capacity to lead) · nb ledelse (capacity to lead) · nl voorzitterschap (office of leader) · az liderlik (capacity to lead) · mi hautūtanga (capacity to lead) · mn манлайлал (capacity to lead) · ky башчылык (capacity to lead) · bg ръково́дство (group of leaders) · ca direcció (group of leaders) · ky лидерчилик (capacity to lead) · ca direcció (office of leader) · nl voorzitterschap (capacity to lead) · uk керівни́цтво (office of leader) · gl xefatura (office of leader) · ja リーダーシップ (capacity to lead) · eo gvideco (capacity to lead) · eo komando (office of leader) · ja 指導力 (capacity to lead) · es directiva (group of leaders) · kk лидерлік (capacity to lead) · es jefatura (group of leaders) · fi johtajuus (capacity to lead) · be лі́дарства (capacity to lead) · th ความเป็นผู้นำ (capacity to lead) · la ductus (office of leader) · id kepemimpinan (capacity to lead) · ko 지도력 (capacity to lead) · az rəhbərlik (capacity to lead) · ang lādtēowdōm (capacity to lead) · mk водство (capacity to lead) · ca lideratge (capacity to lead) · ca comandament (group of leaders) · kk қолбасылық (capacity to lead) · ug رەھبەرلىك (capacity to lead) · cy arweiniad (capacity to lead) · uz rahbarlik (capacity to lead) · da førerskab (capacity to lead) · ckb سەرکردەیی (capacity to lead) · fr autorité (capacity to lead) · fr direction (office of leader) · ru руково́дство (office of leader) · ko 리더십 (capacity to lead) · sk vodcovstvo (capacity to lead) · fa سروری (capacity to lead) · ka ხელმძღვანელობა (capacity to lead) · fr leadership (capacity to lead) · bg ли́дерство (capacity to lead) · eu buzagitza (office of leader) · te నాయకత్వం (capacity to lead) · pt liderança (capacity to lead) · tg сарварӣ (capacity to lead) · ms kepimpinan (capacity to lead)