leading
Providing guidance or direction.
Adjective 3 meanings
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.”
Noun 2 meanings
An act by which one is led or guided.
Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.
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.
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LEADING at a glance
LEADING has 7 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (L 1 + E 1 + A 1 + D 2 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,048 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with leading
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
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