What part of speech is leading?

Leading can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. leading is a verb, gerund of lead (infinitive).
  • 2. leading is a noun, singular of leadings.
  • 3. leading is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • leading 
    more leading
    most leading
  • Positive: leading 
  • Comparative: more leading
  • Superlative: most leading

What does leading mean?

Definitions

Adjective
leading - going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; "we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology"
leading - greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist"
leading - 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"
leading - having the leading position or higher score in a contest; "he is ahead by a pawn"; "the leading team in the pennant race"

Verb
lead - travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John"
lead - take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
lead - cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks"
lead - tend to or result in; "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests"
lead - be ahead of others; be the first; "she topped her class every year"
lead - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
lead - be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?"
lead - have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin"
lead - lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
lead - move ahead (of others) in time or space
lead - preside over; "John moderated the discussion"
lead - be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing"
lead - cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet"
lead - lead, extend, or afford access; "This door goes to the basement"; "The road runs South"

Noun
lead - a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers"
lead - a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead'); "he takes the lead in any group"; "we were just waiting for someone to take the lead"; "they didn't follow our lead"
lead - (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
lead - the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge; "the lead was in the dummy"
lead - mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
lead - evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"
lead - the introductory section of a story; "it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter"
lead - (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base; "he took a long lead off first"
lead - thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
lead - an advantage held by a competitor in a race; "he took the lead at the last turn"
lead - a news story of major importance
lead - the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
lead - an actor who plays a principal role
lead - an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
lead - a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire; "it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads"
lead - restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
lead - the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
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Examples of leading

#   Sentence  
1. adj. We rode in the leading car.
2. adj. The leading edge of technology.
3. adj. The country's leading poet.
4. adj. The leading man.
5. adj. The leading team in the pennant race.
6. adj. The two leading firms are actually in cahoots with each other.
7. adj. He has a claim to be called Europe's leading statesman.
8. adj. They honored him as their leading statesman.
9. adj. Mr. Naruhodo's law firm is "The World's Leading Energy Law Firm".
10. adj. China is the world's leading producer of rice.
11. adj. Leading scholars have been invited to present papers at the conference.
12. adj. The World Health Organization says alcohol abuse is the third leading cause of death and disability in the world.
13. adj. He never forgot his ambition to become a leading politician.
14. adj. The fifth column is beginning to leave Russia. The first four "columns" — leading intellectuals, scientists, engineers, real political opposition — emigrated long ago. Only patriots, old men and gendarmes still remain in the country.
15. adj. The world's leading cacao producers are Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Indonesia.
16. verb However US military officers say regular army officers - many of them Pashtun - leading units of the Frontier Corps who are on the border remain deeply sympathetic to the Taliban and the mullahs of the JUI.
17. verb Moreover there are now major covert attempts under way to try and bring back to Kabul leading Taliban commanders, who have been living quietly in Pakistan and have taken no part in the Taliban insurgency.
18. verb "All of the research and all of the preparation I did leading up to the trip gave no indication that there were bears in the Soper [River] valley where we were canoeing," Dr. Fortier said.
19. verb Shortages are already leading to power cuts in the big cities.
20. verb "Half of the studies provide strong evidence of a causal link between the biological change and climate change," said Camille Parmesan, a University of Texas-Austin biologist and one of the world's leading experts on this issue.
21. verb Preamble from BBC leading to the comments further below.
22. verb Spanish priest & leading player.
23. verb More than ever do we need goals or leading ideas that will give purpose to whatever we are doing.
24. verb The staircase leading to the rooftop is narrow, steep, and dark.
25. verb The future of English seems to be leading in three directions.
26. verb Bob will play the leading role for the first time in the next school festival.
27. verb Boeing has calculated the chances of a series of crew errors leading to CFIT.
28. verb The highway leading to the city is now free of fallen rocks.
29. verb All the roads leading into the city are full of cars.
30. verb I saw some people there leading a low life.
31. noun The children were playing with lead soldiers.
32. noun He takes the lead in any group.
33. noun We were just waiting for someone to take the lead.
34. noun They didn't follow our lead.
35. noun The lead was in the dummy.
36. noun The police are following a promising lead.
37. noun It was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter.
38. noun He took a long lead off first.
39. noun He took the lead at the last turn.
40. noun A good lead for a job.
41. noun The U.S. State Department and the misnamed think tanks that follow its lead have held numerous conferences on Kashmir and, in most of them, the solution that has emerged is a valley prized loose from Indian control and under its own version of Ibrahim Rugova.
42. noun Yet all you read about at the time was the arrest of the son Ahmed Abdul Qadoos, who receives a stipend from the UN for being officially low-IQ due to lead poisoning.
43. noun Or is the letter from John an introduction to be included as a lead in to the article?
44. noun I have a western pleasure appy thats really heavy on her left lead at the lope?
45. noun My appy is very heavy on her left lead at the lope.
Sentence  
adj.
We rode in the leading car.
The leading edge of technology.
The country's leading poet.
The leading man.
The leading team in the pennant race.
The two leading firms are actually in cahoots with each other.
He has a claim to be called Europe's leading statesman.
They honored him as their leading statesman.
Mr. Naruhodo's law firm is "The World's Leading Energy Law Firm".
China is the world's leading producer of rice.
Leading scholars have been invited to present papers at the conference.
The World Health Organization says alcohol abuse is the third leading cause of death and disability in the world.
He never forgot his ambition to become a leading politician.
The fifth column is beginning to leave Russia. The first four "columns" — leading intellectuals, scientists, engineers, real political opposition — emigrated long ago. Only patriots, old men and gendarmes still remain in the country.
The world's leading cacao producers are Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Indonesia.
verb
However US military officers say regular army officers - many of them Pashtun - leading units of the Frontier Corps who are on the border remain deeply sympathetic to the Taliban and the mullahs of the JUI.
Moreover there are now major covert attempts under way to try and bring back to Kabul leading Taliban commanders, who have been living quietly in Pakistan and have taken no part in the Taliban insurgency.
"All of the research and all of the preparation I did leading up to the trip gave no indication that there were bears in the Soper [River] valley where we were canoeing," Dr. Fortier said.
Shortages are already leading to power cuts in the big cities.
"Half of the studies provide strong evidence of a causal link between the biological change and climate change," said Camille Parmesan, a University of Texas-Austin biologist and one of the world's leading experts on this issue.
Preamble from BBC leading to the comments further below.
Spanish priest & leading player.
More than ever do we need goals or leading ideas that will give purpose to whatever we are doing.
The staircase leading to the rooftop is narrow, steep, and dark.
The future of English seems to be leading in three directions.
Bob will play the leading role for the first time in the next school festival.
Boeing has calculated the chances of a series of crew errors leading to CFIT.
The highway leading to the city is now free of fallen rocks.
All the roads leading into the city are full of cars.
I saw some people there leading a low life.
noun
The children were playing with lead soldiers.
He takes the lead in any group.
We were just waiting for someone to take the lead.
They didn't follow our lead.
The lead was in the dummy.
The police are following a promising lead.
It was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter.
He took a long lead off first.
He took the lead at the last turn.
A good lead for a job.
The U.S. State Department and the misnamed think tanks that follow its lead have held numerous conferences on Kashmir and, in most of them, the solution that has emerged is a valley prized loose from Indian control and under its own version of Ibrahim Rugova.
Yet all you read about at the time was the arrest of the son Ahmed Abdul Qadoos, who receives a stipend from the UN for being officially low-IQ due to lead poisoning.
Or is the letter from John an introduction to be included as a lead in to the article?
I have a western pleasure appy thats really heavy on her left lead at the lope?
My appy is very heavy on her left lead at the lope.
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