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Meanings of
leading light
in English
Portuguese
notável
Catalan
eminència
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A celebrity who is an inspiration to others.
notable
luminary
notability
guiding light
Portuguese
notável
Synonyms
Examples for "
notable
"
notable
luminary
notability
guiding light
Examples for "
notable
"
1
Those funds still carry a
notable
long position in the market, however.
2
So far, Iraq has achieved several
notable
successes on the political level.
3
Avoid asking when there's a
notable
market or industry downturn, for example.
4
Risk models with combined genetic and environmental factors have
notable
discrimination power.
5
But
notable
exceptions include major developing countries such as China and India.
1
Five minutes later the legal
luminary
came out of the telephone box.
2
That
luminary
was the abode of one of his most important gods.
3
This central
luminary
will shine on your words with a noon-tide brightness.
4
I'm stronger than you are,
luminary
,
but I can't use the Zoi.
5
The Scotch bill had been brought forward by a Scotch legal
luminary
.
1
There was scarcely a country she had not visited, a
notability
she had not met.
2
Every person of any social
notability
was invited.
3
With the adjournment of the legislature, Samuel Clemens returned to Virginia City distinctly a
notability
-
Mark
Twain
.
4
She took her
notability
for granted, as she took her mature good looks and her independent fortune.
5
The former does retain some
notability
-notoriety, perhaps -as the film for which Elizabeth Taylor won her first Oscar.
1
But the
guiding
light
,
the grand aim, the ennobling influence were gone.
2
He was my
guiding
light
.
His father was also active on Twitter.
3
A beacon to follow, a
guiding
light
in an otherwise empty existence.
4
The Irish people saluted Chancellor Kohl as its architect and
guiding
light
.
5
It's important to remember that tarot is a helpful hand and
guiding
light
.
Usage of
leading light
in English
1
He became a
leading
light
in Zapata Petroleum, later a major oil company.
2
He went on to become a
leading
light
of the Young British Artists.
3
Steven Pienaar This old stager is a
leading
light
for South Africans abroad.
4
Analysts said this was unlikely to change with the passing of Swatch's
leading
light
.
5
Medin, 32, already ranks as a
leading
light
in the development of the Internet.
6
They've been a
leading
light
of the Flying Nun label, but also slightly apart.
7
He was a
leading
light
in the technical group of Independent TDs in the last Dáil.
8
For a time I stumbled and walked in darkness but the
leading
light
is clearer now.
9
She could be a
leading
light
in National.
10
Console founder Paul Kelly said the President had been a
leading
light
in the battle against suicide.
11
An unemployed music teacher is the
leading
light
of a commune on the Greek island of Crete.
12
He is the
leading
light
of North Dakota and a gentleman who has been with us before.
13
He also turned out to be a superb producer and a
leading
light
of London's Phoenix Theatre.
14
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ji So-yun: very much the
leading
light
for South Korea and deadly from set pieces.
15
A
leading
light
of 80s American comedy, he had been suffering from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis for several years.
16
Nevertheless, he is a
leading
light
in the campaign for a soft drinks tax, which would affect consumption.
Other examples for "leading light"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
leading
light
leading
lead
Verb
Noun
Translations for
leading light
Portuguese
notável
Catalan
eminència
llumener
llumenera
Leading light
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Leading light
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