Definitions for leadership

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leadership lead·er·ship

Spelling: [lee-der-ship]

IPA: /ˈli dərˌʃɪp/

Leadership is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 996 anagrams from letters in leadership (adeehilprs).

Definitions for leadership

noun

1. the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
2. ability to lead: Synonyms: authoritativeness, influence, command, effectiveness; sway, clout.
3. an act or instance of leading; guidance; direction:
4. the leaders of a group:

Origin of leadership

First recorded in 1815-25; leader + -ship

Examples for leadership

The news that Grimm was set to plead guilty sent shockwaves through the leadership of the Republican Party on Staten Island.

Plenty of conservative commentators have said he should step down from his leadership position.

The leadership needed in America today is not to run the country, but to rebuild it.

These are the folk over whom you will exercise your leadership.

Like Tom Sawyer, he loved the glare and trappings of leadership.

In contrast, Boehner's leadership team filed into his ceremonial office and greeted the teary newly-elected Speaker with hugs.

For not only leadership is passed from generation to generation, but so is stewardship.

The Earth people revolted, under the leadership of Amos Peabody.

In the 90s, it kept gay men out of leadership roles in the Boy Scouts of America.

There is no doubt about your leadership by sea: it is already secured.