flagship
/ˈflæɡʃɪp/
flagship noun: the ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
Noun
flagship (plural flagships)
- The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
- After Russia’s flagship in the Black Sea, the Moskva, sank last week, the authorities said that the entire crew of more than 500 had been rescued.2022 April 21, Neil MacFarquhar, Alina Lobzina, “With sunken warship, Russian disinformation faces a test.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- admiral, admiral ship
- The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet.
- The most important one out of a related group.
- The retail company's store in London is their flagship.
- Ars Technica’s Ron Amadeo considered the two smartphones together, and claimed them worthy flagships for Android: […]2015 October 20, Stuart Dredge, “Google Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P review roundup: impressive Android flagships”, in The Guardian
Verb
flagship (third-person singular simple present flagships, present participle flagshipping, simple past and past participle flagshipped)
- To act as a flagship for.
flagship meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
flagship in Hindi
- फ्लैगशिप, फ़्लैगशिप
flagship in Tamil
- ஃபிளாக்ஷிப், ஃப்ளாக்ஷிப்
flagship in Marathi
- फ्लॅगशिप, फ्लॅगशीप, फ्लॅगशिपिंग
flagship in Urdu
- فلیگ شپ
More languagesFewer languages
- flagship in Bengali
- ফ্ল্যাগশিপ, ফ্লেগশিপ
- flagship in Telugu
- ఫ్లాగ్షిప్, ఫ్లాగ్ షిప్
- flagship in Malayalam
- ഫ്ലാഗ്ഷിപ്പ്, ഫ്ളാഗ്ഷിപ്പ്
- flagship in Kannada
- ಫ್ಲ್ಯಾಗ್ಶಿಪ್, ಫ್ಲಾಗ್ಶಿಪ್, ಫ್ಲಾಗ್ಷಿಪ್
- flagship in Punjabi
- ਫਲੈਗਸ਼ਿਪ, ਫਲੈਗਸ਼ਿਪਿੰਗ
- flagship in Gujarati
- ફ્લેગશિપ, ફ્લેગશીપ, ફ્લૅગશિપ
- flagship in Odia
- ଫ୍ଲାଗସିପ୍, ଫ୍ଲ୍ଯାଗସିପ୍, ଫ୍ଲାଗ୍ସିପ୍
- flagship in Nepali
- फ्ल्यागशिप, फ्ल्यागसिप, फ्लेगशिप
- flagship in Arabic
- سَفِينَةُ الْقَائِد safīnatu l-qāʔid, سَفِينَةُ الْقِيَادَة safīnatu l-qiyāda
- flagship in Vietnamese
- soái hạm
Examples of flagship in a sentence
- Next year, Stella McCartney’s London flagship store will move from Bruton Street to a landmark Old Bond Street location.2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in The Guardian:
- Transport Minister Baroness Vere has conceded that the Government does not yet know how its flagship £96 billion Integrated Rail Plan "will actually work on the ground".2022 January 12, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Vere admits to Lords: IRP lacks information”, in RAIL, number 948, page 10:
Synonyms of flagship
Forms of flagship
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | flagships |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | flagships |
| present participle | flagshipping |
| past participle | flagshipped |
| past | flagshipped |
Origin of flagship
From flag + ship.
Words formed from flagship
Questions about flagship
- What does flagship mean?
- Flagship means the ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
- What is flagship in Hindi?
- Flagship in Hindi is फ्लैगशिप, फ़्लैगशिप. See Flagship meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use flagship in a sentence?
- Next year, Stella McCartney’s London flagship store will move from Bruton Street to a landmark Old Bond Street location.
- What part of speech is flagship?
- Flagship can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce flagship?
- Flagship is pronounced /ˈflæɡʃɪp/.
- What is the plural of flagship?
- The plural of flagship is flagships.
Words near flagship in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: flagship (page history and authors); flagship (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flagship (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flagship (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flagship (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flagship (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flagship (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flagship (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flagship (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flagship (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flagship (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flagship (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flagship (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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