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Meaning
Verb
●
present participle
and
gerund
of lead
Adj
●
Providing
guidance
or direction.
●
Ranking first.
●
Occurring
in advance
; preceding.
Noun
●
An
act
by
which one
is
led
or guided.
●
Command of an
army
or
military
unit.
●
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Origin
leading
English
lead
English
leed
Middle English (1100-1500)
lead
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
leode
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
lædan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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Etym
Antonyms
Following
Lagging
Trailing
Related
Contributing
Guiding
Resulting
Spurring
Causing
Succumbing
Subjecting
Owing
Directing
Leadership
Dooming
Contribute
Influencing
Supporting
Driving
Relegating
Motivating
Facing
Creating
Pushing
Due
Helping
Moving
Encouraging
Contributes
Managing
Advancing
Referring
Enabling
Premier
Related
Prompting
Exposing
Forcing
Developing
Connecting
Turning
Biggest
Top
Bringing
Shifting
Organizing
Assisting
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Rhymes
Ceding
Reeding
Redding
Yedding
Reading
Seeding
Wedding
Feeding
Weeding
Heading
Reading
Needing
Wedding
Heeding
Tedding
Leading
Bedding
Receding
Acceding
Dreading
Breeding
Bleeding
Impeding
Sledding
Kneading
Pleading
Speeding
Breading
Treading
Shedding
Preceding
Rereading
Spreading
Unheeding
Exceeding
Conceding
Shredding
Misreading
Misleading
Lipreading
Inbreeding
Stampeding
Succeeding
Proceeding
Proofreading
Breastfeeding
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