leadership

Definition

  • noun: a position as a leader of a group, organization, etc.
  • noun: the office or position of a 'leader'
  • synonyms: chieftaincy, headship, heady

Examples

  • The party 'leadership' is uncertain about what to do next. = ('Brit') The party 'leadership' are uncertain about what to do next.

  • The company has done very well 'under her leadership'. [=while she has been its leader]

  • What this country needs is the exercise of strong 'leadership'!

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) And they have slaughtered our forward-deployed! And what the fuck have we done about it, huh? What have we done? We have twenty leadership names. We've only eliminated four of them. I want... targets. Do your fuckin' jobs, bring me people to kill. (..)
    2012 Zero Dark Thirty
  • (..) What I wanna do is, I wanna separate them from the people like you. All right, a guy called Abu Ahmed, from Kuwait. How close was he? What was his relationship to the leadership? Did he eat with the good guys, or did he eat with the leadership? I don't know, sir. I have no idea about it. (..)
    2012 Zero Dark Thirty