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- [flag-ship]
- /ˈflægˌʃɪp/
- /ˈflæɡ.ʃɪp/
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- [flag-ship]
- /ˈflægˌʃɪp/
Definitions of flagship word
- noun flagship a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag. 1
- noun flagship the main vessel of a shipping company. 1
- noun flagship any of the best or largest ships or airplanes operated by a passenger line. 1
- noun flagship the best or most important one of a group or system: This store is the flagship of our retail chain. 1
- adjective flagship being or constituting a flagship. 1
- noun flagship The ship in a fleet that carries the commanding admiral. 1
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Origin of flagship
First appearance:
before 1665 One of the 47% oldest English words
First recorded in 1665-75; flag1 + ship1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Flagship
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
flagship popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
flagship usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for flagship
noun flagship
- bellwether — If you describe something as a bellwether, you mean that it is an indication of the way a situation is changing.
- forerunner — predecessor; ancestor; forebear; precursor.
- head — Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.
- chief — The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
- front runner — a person who leads in any competition.
adjective flagship
- prize — leverage.
- star — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- lead — to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
- top — Technical/Office Protocol
- leading — made of or containing lead: a lead pipe; a lead compound.
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