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Definition of leading light in English: leading lightnoun A person who is prominent or influential in a particular field or organization. Lesley is a leading light in a local netball team Example sentencesExamples - Here, but a handful of years later, their shift into one of the leading lights of modern jazz has been marked final.
- These young stars will move on to be part of an album, which will be put together by leading lights from the music industry.
- A businessman who was a leading light in Manchester's city living boom has been disqualified from being a company director.
- The four-hour-long mega event will feature the leading lights of Malayalam cinema, music and literature.
- In the last 15 years Scotland has been a leading light in the field of public art and public sculpture.
- The book features rich, critical depictions of today's leading lights, and the luminaries fare worse than the nerds.
- He was fêted by bankers, politicians and the leading lights of the entertainment industry, who saw him as the Napoleon of the new economy.
- He was an organic chemist, and this was his first exposure to a community of biologists, one that included many of the leading lights in the field.
- Dutch painters like Anthony van Dyck and Peter Paul Rubens have been adopted as honorary Englishmen, partly because they painted so many portraits of our leading lights.
- Your country is a leading light to be enjoyed by many and your people should be proud of their origin!
- Damage ensued and some local leading lights offered the sum of four pounds and a shilling for repairs.
- He is probably the leading light in the field of Australian improvised music.
- Film lovers have been treated to two weeks of premieres, classics of the past and special guest appearances by leading lights of the film world.
- He remains something of a performer himself, a leading light in the folk music movement who only succumbed to car ownership to transport his band to gigs.
- The first legislative elections in December threw out the sitting candidates, notably the leading lights of the Fourth Republic, and savaged the left.
- The silver-haired diplomat was considered one of the leading lights of the UN and a potential candidate to become secretary general.
- Everyone would have to admit that Graham proved himself a leading light on the field of play.
- It is a bold step, but one forced on players - at least the leading lights in hurling and football - by the dismissiveness of officialdom for years.
- It is certainly a good description of the views of the leading lights, including Franklin, Washington, Adams and Jefferson.
- One of the leading lights in British jazz will be performing at the Platform in Morecambe on Saturday.
Synonyms celebrity, famous person, very important person, personality, name, big name, famous name, household name, star, superstar, celebutante, mogul, giant, great, master, king, guru
Definition of leading light in US English: leading lightnounˌlidɪŋ ˈlaɪtˌlēdiNG ˈlīt A person who is prominent or influential in a particular field or organization. Glass is one of the leading lights in modern music Example sentencesExamples - Film lovers have been treated to two weeks of premieres, classics of the past and special guest appearances by leading lights of the film world.
- The book features rich, critical depictions of today's leading lights, and the luminaries fare worse than the nerds.
- The four-hour-long mega event will feature the leading lights of Malayalam cinema, music and literature.
- Here, but a handful of years later, their shift into one of the leading lights of modern jazz has been marked final.
- A businessman who was a leading light in Manchester's city living boom has been disqualified from being a company director.
- It is certainly a good description of the views of the leading lights, including Franklin, Washington, Adams and Jefferson.
- He is probably the leading light in the field of Australian improvised music.
- Damage ensued and some local leading lights offered the sum of four pounds and a shilling for repairs.
- In the last 15 years Scotland has been a leading light in the field of public art and public sculpture.
- He was fêted by bankers, politicians and the leading lights of the entertainment industry, who saw him as the Napoleon of the new economy.
- One of the leading lights in British jazz will be performing at the Platform in Morecambe on Saturday.
- Dutch painters like Anthony van Dyck and Peter Paul Rubens have been adopted as honorary Englishmen, partly because they painted so many portraits of our leading lights.
- The silver-haired diplomat was considered one of the leading lights of the UN and a potential candidate to become secretary general.
- He remains something of a performer himself, a leading light in the folk music movement who only succumbed to car ownership to transport his band to gigs.
- The first legislative elections in December threw out the sitting candidates, notably the leading lights of the Fourth Republic, and savaged the left.
- Everyone would have to admit that Graham proved himself a leading light on the field of play.
- He was an organic chemist, and this was his first exposure to a community of biologists, one that included many of the leading lights in the field.
- Your country is a leading light to be enjoyed by many and your people should be proud of their origin!
- These young stars will move on to be part of an album, which will be put together by leading lights from the music industry.
- It is a bold step, but one forced on players - at least the leading lights in hurling and football - by the dismissiveness of officialdom for years.
Synonyms celebrity, famous person, very important person, personality, name, big name, famous name, household name, star, superstar, celebutante, mogul, giant, great, master, king, guru
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