leadingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈliːdɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlidɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
• Hyphenation: lead‧ing

動詞

leading

1. present participle of lead
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.

形容詞

leading (not comparable)

1. Providing guidance or direction.

   Avoid leading questions if you really want the truth.

2. Ranking first.

   He is a leading supplier of plumbing supplies in the county.

3. Occurring in advance; preceding.

   Antonyms: following, lagging, trailing

   The stock market can be a leading economic indicator.

等位語

• (occurring in advance): concurrent, lagging

派生語

• leading indicator

語源 2

From Middle English leding, ledyng, ledinge, ledunge, equivalent to lead +‎ -ing. Cognate with Dutch leiding (“conduit, leading, guidance, leadership”), German Leitung (“line, conduit, cable”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈliːdɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlidɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
• Hyphenation: lead‧ing

名詞

leading (複数形 leadings)

1. An act by which one is led or guided.
   • 1792, William Carey, An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the‎^[1]:

     It has been said that we ought not to force our way, but to wait for the openings, and leadings of Providence; but it might with equal propriety be answered in this case, neither ought we to neglect embracing those openings in providence which daily present themselves to us.

   • 1892, Walt Whitman, “A Song for Occupations”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], →OCLC, stanza 5, page 175:

     I do not affirm that what you see beyond is futile, I do not advise you to stop, / I do not say leadings you thought great are not great, / But I say that none lead to greater than these lead to.

   • 1904, Edward Dowden, Robert Browning‎^[2]:

     In his poetic method each writer followed the leadings of his own genius, without reference to common rules and standards; the individualism of the Revolutionary epoch asserted itself to the full.

2. (archaic) Command of an army or military unit.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:

     Art thou but Captaine of a thouſand horſe,
     That by Characters grauen in thy browes,
     And by thy martiall face and ſtout aſpect,
     Deſeru’ſt to haue the leading of an hoſte?

語源 3

From Middle English leedynge, equivalent to lead (chemical element) +‎ -ing.

発音

• (Received 発音, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛdɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛdɪŋ
• Hyphenation: lead‧ing

名詞

leading (uncountable)

1. (typography) Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.

Further reading

• leading on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• Negidal, adeling, aligned, dealign, dealing, diangle, lagenid, leidang