leading

  • 1Leading — Lead ing, a. Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. {Lead ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] {Leading case} (Law), a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the… …

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  • 2leading — I (guiding) adjective controlling, directing, implicational, implicative, implicatory, inferential, insinuating, insinuative, instructional, instructive, referential, regulating, steering, suggestive, supervising, supervisory associated concepts …

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  • 3Leading — Lead ing, n. 1. The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Suggestion; hint; example. [Archaic] Bacon. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4Leading —   [engl.], Zeilenabstand …

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  • 5Leading — Leads redirects here. For the city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, see Leeds. For other uses, see Lead (disambiguation). Line leading and Line lead redirect here. For the water navigation concept, see Leading line. For other… …

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  • 6leading — lead|ing1 W2 [ˈli:dıŋ] adj [only before noun] 1.) best, most important, or most successful ▪ The army played a leading role in organizing the attempted coup. ▪ the leading industrial nations ▪ a leading heart specialist ▪ leading members of the… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7leading — strategy used by a firm to accelerate payments, normally in response to exchange rate expectations. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * leading lead‧ing [ˈliːdɪŋ] adjective [only before a noun] MARKETING best, most important, or most successful …

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  • 8leading — lead|ing [ lidıŋ ] adjective only before noun *** 1. ) main, most important, or most successful: He became a leading figure in the London art world. a leading brand of toothpaste the leading cause of death play a leading part/role: She played a… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 9leading — [[t]li͟ːdɪŋ[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADJ: ADJ n The leading person or thing in a particular area is the one which is most important or successful. ...a leading member of Bristol s Sikh community... Britain s future as a leading industrial nation depends on… …

    English dictionary

  • 10leading — leading1 leadingly, adv. /lee ding/, adj. 1. chief; principal; most important; foremost: a leading toy manufacturer. 2. coming in advance of others; first: We rode in the leading car. 3. directing, guiding. n. 4. the act of a person or thing that …

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