• (RP) IPA: /ˈliːdɪŋ/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈlidɪŋ/

1. present participle of lead#English|lead

leading (not comparable)

1. Providing guidance or direction.

   Avoid leading questions if you really want the truth.

2. rank#Verb|Ranking first.

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

3. Occurring in advance; preceding.

   Antonyms: following, lagging, trailing

   The stock market can be a leading economic indicator.

• German: führend
• Italian: principale
• Spanish: principal

• Italian: primo, principale, primo
• Italian: maggiore

• German: vorangehend, vorausgehend, führend
• Italian: precedente
• Italian: precedente

• (RP) IPA: /ˈliːdɪŋ/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈlidɪŋ/

leading (plural leadings)

1. An act by which one is lead#Verb|led or guide#Verb|guided.
   • 1892, Walt Whitman, “A Song for Occupations”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], OCLC 1514723 ↗, stanza 5, page 175 ↗:

     I do not affirm that what you see beyond is futile, I do not advise you to stop, / I do not say leadings you thought great are not great, / But I say that none lead to greater than these lead to.

• (RP, GA) IPA: /ˈlɛdɪŋ/

leading (uncountable)

1. (typography) Vertical space#Noun|space added between line#Noun|lines; line spacing.

• German: Zeilenabstand
• Portuguese: entrelinha, espaçamento entre linhas
• Russian: интерлиньяж