leading
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ding
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "leading"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ, āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ

greatest in significance, importance, degree, or achievement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She is a leading expert in the field of neuroscience, with numerous groundbreaking discoveries.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāωāϰ⧋āϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻœā§āĻž, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϝ⧁āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ, āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻŖā§€

holding the highest position or score in a competition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She maintained her leading position in the race despite the challenging course.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜāĻŋāĻ‚ āϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āϏ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϰ⧇āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ, āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ

indicating the primary or most important performer or role in a performance or production
leading definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The leading role in the play requires a performer with exceptional talent.
āύāĻžāϟāϕ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
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āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ, āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ

proceeding ahead and guiding others
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The leading car set the pace for the rest of the convoy.
āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āύāĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž

the act of guiding or directing others
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The leading of the expedition required careful planning and navigation.
āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύ⧇āĻ­āĻŋāϗ⧇āĻļāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ.
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āϞāĻžāχāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ•, āϞāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚

the vertical space between lines of text, measured from baseline to baseline
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Larger leading is often used in books to improve readability.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻž āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāχāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āϞāĻžāχāύ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧇āϏāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

misleading
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