leading

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UK /ˈliːdɪŋ/ US /ˈlidɪŋ/

adj 3noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

all, busy, close, economic, low

The leading economic indicators showed that growth was slowing down last quarter.

VERB + LEADING

asked, avoid, exploded, need, play, played, read, seems

I asked the tour guide leading the group through the museum about the ancient artifacts.

LEADING + NOUN

article, cfit, character, city, directions, exporter, ideas, indicator

The leading exporter of coffee to Europe has increased its shipments by 40 percent this year.

PREP.

down, in, in, into, up

The path was leading down to a small lake surrounded by trees.

ADV.

actually

The investigation actually leading nowhere, the police decided to pursue a different angle.

Definitions

adj

Providing guidance or direction.

Avoid leading questions if you really want the truth.

Ranking first.

He is a leading supplier of plumbing supplies in the county.

Occurring in advance; preceding.

The stock market can be a leading economic indicator.

Passengers on the earliest railway services would not even have enjoyed the luxury of a platform, instead having to step up onto the waiting open top wagons, where they would experience a journey that left many choking on the plumes of smoke exhaled by the leading locomotive.

noun

An act by which one is led or guided.

It has been said that we ought not to force our way, but to wait for the openings, and leadings of Providence; but it might with equal propriety be answered in this case, neither ought we to neglect embracing those openings in providence which daily present themselves to us.

I do not affirm that what you see beyond is futile, I do not advise you to stop, / I do not say leadings you thought great are not great, / But I say that none lead to greater than these lead to.

Command of an army or military unit.

Art thou but Captaine of a thouſand horſe, That by Characters grauen in thy browes, And by thy martiall face and ſtout aſpect, Deſeru’ſt to haue the leading of an hoſte?

noun

Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the activity of leading

leadership

noun — thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printi

lead

Antonyms

following

Idioms & Phrases

blind leading the blind

A situation in which an unqualified person is attempting to guide, advise, or train others.

Grandma teaching you to drive is like the blind leading the blind.

leading light

An acclaimed expert, one of the foremost experts, a luminary.

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

Example Bank

Avoid leading questions if you really want the truth.

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He is a leading supplier of plumbing supplies in the county.

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The stock market can be a leading economic indicator.

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I do not affirm that what you see beyond is futile, I do not advise you to stop, / I do not say leadings you thought great are not great, / But I say that none lead to greater than these lead to.

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In his poetic method each writer followed the leadings of his own genius, without reference to common rules and standards; the individualism of the Revolutionary epoch asserted itself to the full.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, leading is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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