Meaning of leader in English

leader

noun [ C ]

/ˈliː.dər/ us

/ˈliː.dɚ/

leader noun [C] (CONTROLLING)

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a person in control of a group, country, or situation:

a religious leader

The Russian leader wants to introduce further changes.

He's a natural leader.

She was elected as leader of the campaign group.

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He was a good strong leader, she said, who deserved his party's unreserved support.
The leader of the religious sect and 30 of his followers killed themselves in a suicide pact last year.
We asked him to stay on as youth leader for another year.
The steelworkers' leader rejected the 2% pay-rise saying it was an insult to the profession.
As project leader, you will have to allocate jobs to people.

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People in charge of or controlling other people

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leader noun [C] (WINNING)

someone or something that is winning during a race or other situation where people are competing:

He's fallen two laps behind the leaders.

Microsoft is a world leader in software design.

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She was way behind the leaders.
They are leaders in the fashion market.
The leader of the race was overtaken on the last lap.
They are global leaders in the drugs industry.
We have a better product than the market leaders.

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Winners & losers

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leader noun [C] (NEWSPAPER)

(also leading article)

an editorial

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Newspapers & magazines: headlines & features

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leader noun [C] (MUSIC)

(US concertmaster)

the most important violin player in an orchestra

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Musicians

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(Definition of leader from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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leader

noun [ C ]

/ˈli·dər/

leader noun [C] (PERSON IN CONTROL)

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a person who manages or controls other people, esp. because of his or her ability or position:

a business/financial/political leader

leader noun [C] (THE FIRST)

someone or something that is the first or the most important:

Her company is a leader in the women’s clothing industry.

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leader | Business English

leader

noun [ C ]

/ˈliːdər/ us

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a company, product, etc. that has higher sales than its competitors:

The brand is market leader in France, where it has a 49% market share.

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a person who is in charge of a group, country, situation, etc.:

Union leaders said they expect up to 40,000 of the 47,000 workers at the plant to stop work.

Business leaders claim that the area has one of the fastest growing local economies in the country.

local/state/world leaders State and local leaders were on hand to discuss the crisis.

Examples of leader

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Significantly, at the very same historical moment, another series of photographs of nationalist leaders was also being put into public circulation.

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While national leaders reluctantly accepted state reform, they steadfastly refused to consider any modification of their own highly centralised political party structures.

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In majoritarian systems, the winning party's leader is inevitably the prime minister.

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They also held meetings with non-governmental organisations and the leaders of the major political parties.

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This kind of institutional structure allows organisation leaders to develop internal practices that reshape conventional social roles.

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The findings suggested the need for culture specific case methodology training sessions for both case leaders and students.

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Team leaders used confidence data to prioritize tasks in light of changing requirements.

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To enforce incentives to plant trees, afforestation responsibility was decentralized to local leaders in 1984.

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Further justification was found in the number of leaders who paid the ultimate price.

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The photo provides a visual representation of equality of status, in which no one performer serves as a leader.

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This was a desperate attempt by whig leaders to embarrass a succeeding tory government and carry themselves back into office.

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We thought it wise to elect leaders in different places.

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Without really challenging hierarchy they still squeezed concessions out of village leaders, turning a weakness into strength.

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Political parties and leaders have become irresponsible in as far as adherence to the rule of law is concerned due to political corruption.

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On the other hand, leaders also mentioned the low quality of public management and corruption as the main explanatory factors for the state's poor performance.

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acknowledged leader

But this case involves one of the country's greatest wealth creators and exporters, and an acknowledged leader in the fields of industrial relations and training.

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all-time leader in

He remains the school's all-time leader in assists.

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authoritarian leader

He is a stern and authoritarian leader who commands a lot of respect from his subordinates and superiors.

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What is the pronunciation of leader?

B1,C1

Translations of leader

in Chinese (Traditional)

控制, 領導，領導人, 領先…

Meaning of leader in English

leader noun [C] (CONTROLLING)

leader noun [C] (WINNING)

leader noun [C] (NEWSPAPER)

leader noun [C] (MUSIC)

leader | American Dictionary

leader noun [C] (PERSON IN CONTROL)

leader noun [C] (THE FIRST)

leader | Business English

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