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Meaning of leading light | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An acclaimed expert, one of the foremost experts, a luminary.
    idiomatic
  2. A light that helps to guide vessels into a port.

Equivalents

Suomi linjaloisto
Українська світило

Examples

“Stephen Hawking is a leading light in physics, people say he's the greatest physicist since Einstein.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

leading line leading man leading motive leading question leading rein leading seaman

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