Meaning of leader in English

leader

noun [ C ]

/ˈliː.dɚ/ uk

/ˈliː.dər/

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)

leader | Intermediate English

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.

(Definition of leader from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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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follower

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

leader

Second, you want him to be a leader in the locker room.

From NJ.com

She becomes a leader in her own right.

From Los Angeles Times

All these characters are, to some degree, flawed or hypocritical, particularly their leader.

From A.V. Club

We, as leaders of these companies, have the rare opportunity to reinvent the hiring process.

From Fast Company

This is nonsense, and if the leaders of those two universities really believe that then they need to get this message through to the tutors.

From TIME

He is the son of the civil rights leader.

From CNN

And these numbers are still far from those of the market leaders.

From TechCrunch

I'm supposed to be the leader here and be strong.

From ESPN

One recent example is a study of 1500 leaders and their employees.

From Huffington Post

This is new and scary to the leaders.

From NPR

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Collocations with leader

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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?

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 | Intermediate English

leader noun [C] (PERSON IN CONTROL)

leader noun [C] (THE FIRST)

leader | Business English

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