Meaning of leader In English

• 0 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.

• 1 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.

• 2 an editorial

• 3 the most important violin player in an orchestra

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

  • a business/financial/political leader

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

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

• 6 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.

• 7 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.