leading

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈliːdɪŋ/
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• General-American: /ˈlidɪŋ/
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• rhymes with -iːdɪŋ
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɛdɪŋ/
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• rhymes with -ɛdɪŋ
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• CMU ARPABET: L IY1 D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English ledinge, ledynge, ledand, ledande, ledende, from Old English lǣdende, from Proto-West Germanic *laidijandī, from Proto-Germanic *laidijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *laidijaną (“to lead”), equivalent to lead + -ing. Compare West Frisian liedend, Dutch leidend, German leitend, Swedish ledande, Icelandic leiðandi.

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

From Middle English leedynge, equivalent to lead (chemical element) + -ing; so named because in metal typesetting (letterpress and hot metal typesetting), pieces of lead (slugs, strips, blocks, etc) were often the mechanical means of producing the gap.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: водещ (vodešt) — providing guidance
• Bulgarian: ръководен (rǎkovoden) — providing guidance
• Finnish: johdatteleva — providing guidance
• German: führend — providing guidance
• Hindi: नेतृत्व (netŕtva) — providing guidance
• Italian: principale — providing guidance
• Polish: przewodzić — providing guidance
• Russian: веду́щий (vedúščij) — providing guidance
• Russian: руководя́щий (rukovodjáščij) — providing guidance
• Russian: наводя́щий (navodjáščij) — providing guidance
• Spanish: principal — providing guidance
• Swedish: ledande — providing guidance
• Bulgarian: во́дещ (vódešt) — ranking first
• Bulgarian: гла́вен (gláven) — ranking first
• Bulgarian: осно́вен (osnóven) — ranking first
• Finnish: johtava — ranking first
• Greek: κορυφαίος (koryfaíos) — ranking first
• Hindi: अग्रसर (agrasar) — ranking first
• Italian: principale — ranking first
• Italian: primo — ranking first
• Italian: maggiore — ranking first
• Plautdietsch: fierent — ranking first
• Russian: веду́щий (vedúščij) — ranking first
• Swedish: ledande — ranking first
• Bulgarian: прева́рващ (prevárvašt) — preceding
• Bulgarian: предхо́ждащ (predhóždašt) — preceding
• Finnish: edeltävä — preceding
• German: vorangehend — preceding
• German: vorausgehend — preceding
• German: führend — preceding
• Italian: precedente — preceding
• Bulgarian: междуре́дие (meždurédie) — Vertical space added between lines
• Chinese Mandarin: 行距 (hángjù) — Vertical space added between lines
• Czech: proklad řádků — Vertical space added between lines
• Esperanto: linipaŝo — Vertical space added between lines
• Finnish: rivivälistys — Vertical space added between lines
• French: interligne — Vertical space added between lines
• German: Zeilenabstand — Vertical space added between lines
• German: Interlinea — Vertical space added between lines
• German: Zeilendurchschuss — Vertical space added between lines
• German: Durchschuss — Vertical space added between lines
• Greek: διάστιχο (diásticho) — Vertical space added between lines
• Hungarian: sorköz — Vertical space added between lines
• Indonesian: interlini — Vertical space added between lines
• Irish: scaradh — Vertical space added between lines
• Italian: interlinea — Vertical space added between lines
• Japanese: インテル (interu) — Vertical space added between lines
• Korean: 행간 (haenggan) — Vertical space added between lines
• Polish: leading — Vertical space added between lines
• Portuguese: entrelinha — Vertical space added between lines
• Portuguese: espaçamento entre linhas — Vertical space added between lines
• Russian: интерлиньяж (interlinʹjaž) — Vertical space added between lines
• Spanish: entrelínea — Vertical space added between lines
• Swedish: radavstånd — Vertical space added between lines
• Welsh: rhynglinellu — Vertical space added between lines