flagship

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈflæˌgʃɪp/ 🇺🇸 /ˈflæˌgʃɪp/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The ship in a fleet that carries the commanding admiral and flies the admiral's flag.; The most important, prominent, or leading product, service, store, or entity in a group or organization.
  2. adjective
    Serving as the most important or prominent item in a group; leading.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: flagships

Collocations

flagship storeflagship productflagship programflagship initiativeflagship universityflagship brand

Synonyms

premierleadingforemostprincipaltop

Commonly confused

flag ship
EN: 'Flagship' is always written as one word, not two separate words.

Spelling tips

EN: Always written as one word ('flagship'), never hyphenated or separated into 'flag ship'.

💬 Examples

  1. The admiral commanded the battle from the flagship.

  2. The company opened its flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York.

  3. Their flagship product generated over half of the company's revenue.