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Grammar : Noun
Spell : lee-der-ship
Phonetic Transcription : ˈli dərˌʃɪp



Definition of leadership

Origin :
  • 1821, "position of a leader," from leader + -ship. Sense extended by late 19c. to "characteristics necessary to be a leader."
  • noun guidance
Example sentences :
  • For not only leadership is passed from generation to generation, but so is stewardship.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • The Earth people revolted, under the leadership of Amos Peabody.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • There is no doubt about your leadership by sea: it is already secured.
  • Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
  • These are the folk over whom you will exercise your leadership.
  • Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
  • Like Tom Sawyer, he loved the glare and trappings of leadership.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • There is a greater complexity in the leadership, and a greater complexity in the group itself.
  • Extract from : « Marriage Enrichment Retreats » by David Mace
  • Our decision to train lay couples for leadership was not hastily made.
  • Extract from : « Marriage Enrichment Retreats » by David Mace
  • And on the other hand, it must find and fit men and women for leadership.
  • Extract from : « The Frontier in American History » by Frederick Jackson Turner
  • The peasant has his own limited capacities for leadership; but they are limited.
  • Extract from : « Bulgaria » by Frank Fox
  • But between free men where there is not comprehension there can be no leadership.
  • Extract from : « Irish Books and Irish People » by Stephen Gwynn

Synonyms for leadership

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