leading
Noun · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (4)
- indicating the most important performer or role“the leading man”“prima ballerina”“prima donna”“a star figure skater”“the starring role”“a stellar role”“a stellar performance”Synonyms: primastarstarringstellarOpposite minorSimilar major
- greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement“the country's leading poet”“a preeminent archeologist”Synonyms: preeminentOpposite inferiorSimilar superior
- going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way“we rode in the leading car”“the leading edge of technology”Opposite followingSimilar directing, guiding
- having the leading position or higher score in a contest“he is ahead by a pawn”“the leading team in the pennant race”Synonyms: aheadin the leadOpposite downSimilar up
Noun (2)
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printingSynonyms: leadType of strip, slip
- the activity of leading“his leadership inspired the team”Synonyms: leadershipType of activityKinds lead, helm, trend setting
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Translations
Noun Vertical space added between lines
- Spanish
- interlineado
- French
- interligne
- German
- Zeilenabstand
- Italian
- interlinea
- Turkish
- satır aralığı
- Swedish
- radavstånd
- Greek
- διάστιχο diásticho
- Hungarian
- sorköz
- Finnish
- rivivälistys
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. — Lead′wb-a1′>′ing·ly, adverb
Leading case Law, a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. Benjamin Vaughan. Abbott — Leading motive Music, a guiding theme; in the musical drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. Also called leitmotif or leitmotiv. — Leading note Music, the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note. — Leading question, a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply. — Leading strings, strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk. — To be in leading strings, to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others. — Leading wheel, a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine.
1. The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance. William Shakespeare
2. Suggestion; hint; example. archaic Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<text> /ledding/ The spacing between lines of text. This is defined when a font is designed but can often be altered in order to change the appearance of the text or for special effects. It is measured in points and is normally 120% of the height of the text.
(1996-06-07)