Leading /(?)/
Lead·ing
Leading
a.
- Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example.
Phrases & Compounds
- Leading case
- a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.
- Leading motive
- 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
- 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.
Leading
n.
- The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance.
- Suggestion; hint; example. [Archaic]