leading light

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

an important, active or respected person in a particular area of activity: She's one of the leading lights in the opera world.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

leading lightEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus leading lightEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

Nearby in the dictionary

leaded leaded light leaden leader leaderless leadership lead-free lead-in leading leading article leading edge

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leading light