[
US
/ˈɫidɪŋ/
]
ADJECTIVE
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having the leading position or higher score in a contest
the leading team in the pennant race
he is ahead by a pawn -
greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
our greatest statesmen
the country's leading poet
a preeminent archeologist -
going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way
the leading edge of technology
we rode in the leading car -
indicating the most important performer or role
a star figure skater
the leading man
prima ballerina
a stellar performance
prima donna
the starring role
a stellar role
NOUN
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the activity of leading
his leadership inspired the team - thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
How To Use leading In A Sentence
- He described the sequence of events leading up to the robbery.
- But Ms. Economy pointed to the elaborateness of concept and coordination of details — "the flowers are matching," she observed — leading her to suspect they may have had professional help bringing the Halloween spirit alive. Suburban Tricks, Urban Treats
- It has full-size trees, sand banks leading down to a stony beach, and water cascading down a rock outcrop.
- In 1896, New Jersey passed a law that made it easy to charter a company - and it quickly became a leading venue for incorporations.
- There have been no arrests and police are set to offer a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators.
- The company is closing down two of its factories, leading to 430 job losses .
- He is like a Tyrannosaurus Rex, leading a herd of corporate dinosaurs over the cliff and bellowing as he goes.
- At the end of the novel she marries the stockjobber, a leading promoter of the American railway scheme.
- Police recovered what was later identified as a charred right human foot in the backyard and documented a fire pit with drag marks leading to it. Edmonton Sun
- But he claims his leading inspiration was his own acid trips in the early '80s.