leading
Meaning
-
present participle and gerund of lead
Concepts
leading
chief
main
principal
prominent
foremost
lead
conducting
guiding
guidance
important
leadership
central
ahead
distinguished
highest
first
directing
in the lead
capital
commanding
preeminent
major
top
topmost
bringing
direction
conveying
line spacing
key
primary
prime
preceding
outstanding
ultramodern
eminent
paramount
supreme
uppermost
top grade
conduction
taking
prima
star
starring
stellar
conduct
salient
fore
governing
staple
managing
head
senior
influential
information
one of the best
going ahead
going first
taking priority
champion
top-rank
incitement
inducement
induction
introduction
advocacy
converting someone to Buddhism
carrying
convection
direction giving
showing
winning
advancing
progressing
most important
top-level
advanced
progressive
going
conducting managing
appointing
causing
deputing
effecting
inciting
occasioning
stimulating
introducing
showing the way
impelling
moving
showing the right way
directive
magistral
advance
anticipation
proceeding
captaincy
captainship
chieftaincy
chieftainship
cardinal
dominant
proper
instruction
prescription
leaded
best
excellent
front
at the head
administration
derivation
running
alpha
conductive
in-chief
premier
executive
wiry
cephalic
master
primal
slug
type slug
big
conspicuous
driving
at the front
initial
ruling
dragging
Eminent
striking
Frequency
Hyphenated as
lead‧ing
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈliːdɪŋ/
Etymology
From Middle English ledinge, ledynge, ledand, ledande, ledende, from Old English lǣdende, from Proto-West Germanic *laidijandī, from Proto-Germanic *laidijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *laidijaną (“to lead”), equivalent to lead + -ing. Compare West Frisian liedend, Dutch leidend, German leitend, Swedish ledande, Icelandic leiðandi.
Cognate with Dutch
leidend
Cognate with German
leitend
Cognate with Dutch
leiding
Cognate with German
Leitung
lead
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- A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (slang) bullets; ammunition.
- X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
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