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personality
English
Etymology
Coined between 1350 and 1400 as Middle English personalite, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin pers?n?lit?s.
Morphologically personal +? -ity
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??s??næl?t?/, /-i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?s??næl?ti/, [?p?s??næl??i]
Noun
personality (countable and uncountable, plural personalities)
- (of people) A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
- c. 1828, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Field on the Church
- Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground.
- c. 1828, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Field on the Church
- (of inanimate or abstract things) A set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting.
- His writing has a lot of personality.
- This functional concrete building lacks personality.
- An assumed role or manner of behavior.
- A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence.
- Charisma, or qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
- 1959, Lloyd Price, “Personality”:
- But over and over / I´ll be a fool for you / 'cause you got personality.
- 1959, Lloyd Price, “Personality”:
- Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.
- 1905, O. Henry, "Telemachus, Friend"
- Perceiving that personalities were not out of order, I asked him what species of beast had long ago twisted and mutilated his left ear.
- 1905, O. Henry, "Telemachus, Friend"
- (law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
Synonyms
- selfness
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??????? (p?sonariti)
Translations
References
Further reading
- "personality" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 232.
Anagrams
- antileprosy, ponytailers
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leader
English
Etymology
From Middle English leder, ledere, from Old English l?dere (“leader”), equivalent to lead +? -er. Cognate with Scots ledar, leidar (“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”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?li?.d?(?)/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /?lid?/
- Homophones: liter, litre
- Rhymes: -i?d?(?)
- Homophone: lieder
Noun
leader (plural leaders)
- any person that leads or directs
- one who goes first
- one having authority to direct
- Synonyms: chief, chieftain, commander
- 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.
- (music) a performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra
- Synonym: conductor
- (music, Britain) the first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster
- one who goes first
- an animal that leads
- the dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions
- Synonyms: alpha, pack leader
- 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.
- Antonym: wheeler
- the dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions
- someone or something that leads or conducts
- (person that leads or conducts): Synonyms: guide, conductor
- (botany) 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
- (Britain) the first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story
- (fishing) a section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line
- a piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press
- (marketing) a loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price
- (printing) a type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face
- (printing, in the plural) a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number
- (fishing) a net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
- (mining) a branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one
- (nautical) a block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places
- A blank introductory portion of tape or film to assist with loading and playback.
- (engineering) the drive wheel in any kind of machinery
- Synonyms: driver, drive wheel
- (meteorology) the path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:leader.
Antonyms
- follower
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
See also
References
- leader at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- dealer, leared, red ale, redeal, relade, relead
French
Alternative forms
- leadeur
Etymology
Borrowed from English leader.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.dœ?/
Noun
leader m (plural leaders)
- leader
Synonyms
- chef
- dirigeant
Descendants
- Turkish: lider
Further reading
- “leader” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- dealer
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English leader.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?li.der/
- Hyphenation: lea?der
Noun
leader m or f (invariable)
- leader (chief; one in front)
Anagrams
- lederà
Spanish
Noun
leader m or f (plural leaderes)
- Alternative form of líder
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