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Leitung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cable noun A thick, strong rope or bundle of wires used to pull, support, or carry electricity or signals.
  • conduct noun The way a person behaves, especially in terms of morals or manners.
  • conduction noun The conveying of heat or electricity through material.
  • conduit noun A pipe, tube, or channel that carries water, cables, or other material from one place to another.
  • duct noun A tube, pipe, or channel that carries a gas, liquid, or cable from one place to another.
  • lead noun A soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal, chemical symbol Pb.
  • leadership noun The ability to guide, direct, or inspire a group of people.
  • line noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  • management noun The process of planning, organizing, and directing resources or people to achieve a goal.

Senses

Leitung is used for these senses in English:

  • conduct The act or method of controlling or directing.
  • conduction (physics) The conveying of heat or electricity through material.
  • conduit A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
  • duct A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
  • lead (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
  • lead (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
  • leadership The capacity of someone to lead others.
  • line The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.

cable — full definition

  1. noun A thick, strong rope or bundle of wires used to pull, support, or carry electricity or signals.
  2. verb To send a message by telegraph or undersea cable; more loosely, to send an urgent message.

conduct — full definition

  1. noun The way a person behaves, especially in terms of morals or manners.
  2. verb To organize and carry out an activity such as research or a survey.
  3. verb To direct a group of musicians performing together.
  4. verb To allow heat, electricity, or sound to pass through.

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