leadership B1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˈlidɚʃɪp/ UK /ˈliːdəʃɪp/ See IPA manual Freq #5756 Meanings 1 noun The ability or quality of being a good leader. Her calm leadership inspired the whole team. 2 noun The position of being a leader. He took over the leadership of the party last year. 3 noun The group of people who lead an organisation or country. The national leadership adopted the plan. Thesaurus Synonyms 3 noun · the group of people who... leaders Word family Forms leaderships Derived forms anti-leadershipe-leadershiplosershipmisleadership Common collocations decisive leadership Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From leader + -ship. Topics Space, Position & Direction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # leadership **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈlidɚʃɪp/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈliːdəʃɪp/ **Frequency rank:** 5756 ## Meanings 1. The ability or quality of being a good leader. 2. The position of being a leader. 3. The group of people who lead an organisation or country. ## Examples - Her calm leadership inspired the whole team. - He took over the leadership of the party last year. - The national leadership adopted the plan. ## Derived Forms - anti-leadership - e-leadership - losership - misleadership ## Roots and Affixes - Affix: -ship - state ## Etymology From leader + -ship. ## AI Etymology Leadership comes from leader + -ship. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction markdown