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leader

leader · leaders

керівник, лідер, вождь, вожак

глава, главный, начальник, руководитель

Kopf, Chef, Leiter, Führer

Any person who leads or directsAny person who leads or directs.

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UK/ˈliː.də(ɹ)/US/ˈli.dɚ/

» I think you're a good leader.

Думаю, ти добрий лідер.

Meaning

24 senses

Any person who leads or directs.
a person who rules or guides or inspires others
Any person who leads or directs.
One who goes first.
Follow the leader.
One having authority to direct.
We elected her team leader.
Anführer, Anführerin, Leiter
руководи́тельrukovodítelʹ, вождьvoždʹ, ли́дерlíder
керівни́кkerivnýk, вождьvoždʹ, лі́дерlíder
One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
Leader of the House of Commons
Senate Majority Leader
A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
The company is the leader in home remodeling in the county.
A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
(UK)The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
An animal that leads.
The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
Leittier
вожа́кvožák
вожа́кvožák
An animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs.
Either of the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage.
Someone or something that leads or conducts.
A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
Regenrinne
водосто́чная труба́vodostóčnaja trubá

Examples

662 sentences

I think you're a good leader.
Думаю, ти добрий лідер. — deniko
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We chose Tom to be our leader.
Ми обрали Тома нашим лідером. — deniko
deWir wählten Tom zu unserem Anführer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I think that you're a good leader.
Думаю, ти добрий лідер. — deniko
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Tom is their leader.
Том — їх лідер. — deniko
ruТом - их лидер. — marafon
deTom ist ihr Anführer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom is a leader.
Том — лідер. — deniko
ruТом — лидер. — odexed
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

one having authority:

dominant animal in a group:

Русский

By meaning 4

one having authority:

dominant animal in a group:

pipe to conduct water from the roof:

principal article in a newspaper:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

one having authority:

dominant animal in a group:

pipe to conduct water from the roof:

principal article in a newspaper:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English ledere, from Old English lǣdere, from Proto-West Germanic *l

Inherited from Middle English ledere, from Old English lǣdere, from Proto-West Germanic *laidijārī, from *laidī (“leading, leadership”) + *-ārī, or from *laid (“leading”) + *-ārī. By surface analysis, lead + -er. Cognate with Scots leader (“leader”), West Frisian lieder (“leader”), Dutch leider (“leader”), German Leiter (“leader, conductor, manager”), Danish leder (“leader, manager”), Swedish ledare (“leader, conductor, director”), Icelandic leiðari (“leader, conductor”).

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