Advertisement
Advertisement
leading
1[ lee-ding ]
adjective
- chief; principal; most important; foremost:
a leading toy manufacturer.
- coming in advance of others; first:
We rode in the leading car.
- directing, guiding.
Synonyms:
noun
- the act of a person or thing that leads.
leading
2[ led-ing ]
noun
- a covering or framing of lead:
the leading of a stained-glass window.
- Printing. lead 2( def 7 ).
leading
1/ ˈːɪŋ /
adjective
- guiding, directing, or influencing
- prenominal principal or primary
- in the first position
the leading car in the procession
- maths (of a coefficient) associated with the term of highest degree in a polynomial containing one variable
in 5x² + 2x + 3, 5 is the leading coefficient
leading
2/ ˈɛɪŋ /
noun
- printing the spacing between lines of photocomposed or digitized type Also calledinterlinear spacing
Derived Forms
- ˈ徱Բ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- iԲ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of leading1
Example Sentences
The police video, spliced together from officers’ body-worn cameras and surveillance footage, showed confusion in the moments leading up to the incident, which left Lauren, 51, hospitalized with a gunshot wound.
Keratoconus causes the cornea to thin and weaken, leading to vision distortion, not ideal for someone hitting baseballs for a living.
Lloyd was leading the trip alongside her friend and neighbour Paul, a dad-of-three and Army veteran.
He leaves the school as the City Section’s all-time leading scorer with more than 3,000 points.
By law, Fed governors can only be removed for cause, but it is unclear whether that protection extends to the role leading the board.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse