leading
[ˈliːdɪŋ]
Definition:
1. Most important or most successful.
2. Ahead of others in a race or contest.
3. Indicating the most important performer or role.
Use 'leading' in a sentence:
- 1. The Ivory Coast became the world's leading cocoa producer.
- 2. She's looked on as the leading authority on the subject.
- 3. 'Who will be leading the team?' queried Simon.
- 4. The leading car came to a halt.
- 5. I'm leading up to something quite important.
- 6. She was leading at the half-way mark.
- 7. Homicide is the leading cause of death among black men.
- 8. She married into a leading Eurasian family in Hong Kong.
- 9. This view is held by the generality of leading scholars.
- 10. She chose two untried actors for the leading roles.
- 11. I bought one of the leading brands.
- 12. This discussion is leading us nowhere.
- 13. She has coached many of our leading juniors.
- 14. He played a leading part in the negotiations.
- 15. The Democratic candidate is still leading in the polls.
- 16. The leading car in the motorcade peeled off to the right.
- 17. Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.
- 18. Graf was leading 5-1 in the first set.
- 19. They are the leading manufacturer in both defence and commercial products.
- 20. The three leading contenders were locked in a dogfight.
- 21. These are the leading first-round scores.
- 22. The G-7 organization groups together the world's seven leading industrialized nations.
- 23. She was a leading exponent of free trade during her political career.
- 24. She had a leading role in shaping party policy.
- 25. Just where is all this leading us?
- 26. She started the last lap just behind the leading group.
- 27. Germany is playing a leading role on the international stage.
- 28. The officer leading the investigation has been taken off the case.
- 29. For the past three years they have been leading totally separate lives.
- 30. She's one of the leading lights in the opera world.
- 31. She was offered the leading role in the new TV series.
- 32. Who is in the leading role?
- 33. He's leading in the presidential race.
- 34. A young unknown played the leading role.
- 35. She became a leading promoter of European integration.
- 36. Five leading fighter pilots have been captured and paraded before the media.
