Meaning of leading in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To cover, fill, or affect with lead

  Example: continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.

• To place leads between the lines of.

  Example: leaded matter

verb

• (heading) To guide or conduct.

• To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.

• (heading) To begin, to be ahead.

• To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure

  Example: to lead someone to a righteous cause

• To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.

  Example: the path leads to the mill;  gambling leads to other vices

• To produce (with to).

  Example: The shock led to a change in his behaviour.

• (transitive) To live or experience (a particular way of life).

adjective

• Providing guidance or direction.

  Example: Avoid leading questions if you really want the truth.

• Ranking first.

  Example: He is a leading supplier of plumbing supplies in the county.

• Occurring in advance; preceding.

  Example: The stock market can be a leading economic indicator.

noun

• An act by which one is led or guided.

noun

• Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.