Leading is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for LEADING in dictionary:

VERB:
• cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward
• show (someone or something) the way to a destination by going in front of or beside them
• be a route or means of access to a particular place or in a particular direction
• be a reason or motive for (someone)
• culminate or result in (a particular event or consequence)
• be in charge or command of
• organize and direct
• be the principal player of (a group of musicians)
• set (a process) in motion
• start
• make an attack with (a particular punch or fist)
• (of a base runner) be in a position to run from a base while standing off the base.
• (in card games) play (the first card) in a trick or round of play
• have the advantage over competitors in a race or game
• be superior to (competitors or colleagues)
• have or experience (a particular way of life)
NOUN:
• the act of leading
• the initiative in an action; an example for others to follow
• a piece of information that may help in the resolution of a problem
• someone or something that may be useful, especially a potential customer or business opportunity
• (in card games) an act or right of playing first in a trick or round of play
• the card played first in a trick or round
• a position of advantage in a contest; first place
• an amount by which a competitor is ahead of the others
• the chief part in a play or film
• the person playing the chief part
• the chief performer or instrument of a specified type
• the item of news given the greatest prominence in a newspaper, broadcast, etc.
• the opening sentence or paragraph of a news article, summarizing the most important aspects of the story
• a strap or cord for restraining and guiding a dog or other domestic animal
• a wire that conveys electric current from a source to an appliance, or that connects two points of a circuit together.
• the distance advanced by a screw in one turn.
• an artificial watercourse leading to a mill.
• a channel of water in an ice field.
• a soft, heavy, ductile bluish-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. It has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields, etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an anti-knock agent in petrol, and (formerly) in paints.
• used figuratively as a symbol of something heavy
• an item or implement made of lead.
• sheets or strips of lead covering a roof.
• a piece of lead-covered roof.
• lead frames holding the glass of a lattice or stained-glass window.
• a lump of lead suspended on a line to determine the depth of water.
• graphite used as the part of a pencil that makes a mark
• a blank space between lines of print.
• The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance.
• Suggestion; hint; example.
• thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
• the activity of leading
ADJECTIVE:
• in first position
• Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example.
• indicating the most important performer or role
• greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
• going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way
• having the leading position or higher score in a contest
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to cover with lead (a heavy metallic element)
• a covering or border of lead

Words related to LEADING

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Words that contain LEADING

leadings10 pleading12 coleading13 deleading12 leadingly14 pleadings13 unleading11 upleading13 impleading16 misleading14 outleading12 pleadingly17 repleading14 mispleading17 blackleading22 cheerleading19 misleadingly19 mispleadings18 interpleading17 counterpleading21

How to use LEADING in a sentence

• In the northern province, on the other hand, there was less demand for studies leading directly to the forum.
• The party were quickly on the snow, running toward the small boat, Bob and Jack leading.
• The fact of a future Millennium was a favorite doctrine of the great leading theologians of New England, and Dr.
• To reach the second story there was built on the outside, steps leading to a door, through which the female prisoners were taken to the room.
• Directly opposite him and at a distance of four or five feet was a door leading to a back alley.
• The following morning it was found that the leading six ships of the French had already struck their colors.
• Upon the steps leading to the gates of the church stood two persons whom Jack instantly recognised.
• BRANGAENA turns away, disturbed, and mounts an outer flight of steps leading to the roof, where she slowly disappears.
• A good example has been set by families and persons in leading positions.
• The membership at this time includes some from nearly all the leading families in the section.
• All that has been said so far may be regarded as leading up to it.
• Stanhope had rented a furnished cottage not far from one of the leading hotels.
• The great iron gates leading out of his grounds opened as once before, and a little girl in white garments came in and moved toward him.
• He walked quickly, and the cow walked quickly, and so they soon overtook a man who was leading a sheep.
• I wish there were a chance of making the leading men among you understand, what I believe is no novel thought to yourself.
• If necessary, a flight of steps, leading to the loft overhead, may be built, where corn can be stored for their feeding.
• To talk with one of them after reading the leading article of a newspaper is a relief.
• As he looked closer he made out that this alcove had, obviously, been filled by the upper portion of a heavy iron staircase, leading to the floor above.
• Butterwick in the street leading his dog with a chain.
• At their right, the found the steps leading to the porch of the roomy old hotel.
• There were other ropes leading down from aloft, which were fastened at the sheer-poles and under the rail.
• The still later type consisting of a rectangular chamber with a long corridor leading out of one of its long sides often attains to very imposing dimensions.
• Leading journals of both parties eagerly proclaim its urgent necessity.

Similar words containing LEAD without suffix ing

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