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Leading is a related term of great.


As verbs the difference between leading and great

is that leading is while great is .

As an adjective leading

is providing guidance or direction.

As a noun leading

is an act by which one is led or guided or leading can be (typography) vertical space added between lines; line spacing.

leading

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

(head)
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  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=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.}}

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Providing guidance or direction.
  • Avoiding leading questions if you really want the truth.
  • Ranking first.
  • He is a leading supplier of plumbing supplies in the county.
  • Occurring in advance; preceding.
  • The stock market can be a leading economic indicator.
    Coordinate terms
    * (occurring in advance) concurrent, lagging
    Derived terms
    * leading indicator

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act by which one is led or guided
  • * {{quote-book, year=1792, author=William Carey, title=An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=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. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1855, author=Walt Whitman, title=Leaves of Grass, chapter=, edition= citation
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  • * {{quote-book, year=1904, author=Edward Dowden, title=Robert Browning, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=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. }}

    Etymology 2

    From lead (chemical element).

    Noun

    (wikipedia leading) (-)
  • (typography) Vertical space added between lines; line spacing
  • Anagrams

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    great

    English

    (wikipedia great)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Very big, large scale.
  • :
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
  • , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like // Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=7 citation , passage=‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Timothy Garton Ash)
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli , passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}
  • Very good.
  • :
  • *, chapter=5
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights,
  • Important.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • *:He doth object I am too great of birth.
  • *
  • *:“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?”
  • Title referring to an important leader.
  • :
  • Superior; admirable; commanding; applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
  • :
  • Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.
  • :
  • (lb) Pregnant; large with young.
  • *(Bible), (Psalms) lxxviii. 71
  • *:the ewes great with young
  • More than ordinary in degree; very considerable.
  • :
  • *(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • *:We have all / Great' cause to give ' great thanks.
  • *
  • *:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
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  • Intimate; familiar.
  • *(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
  • *:those that are so great with him
  • Usage notes

    In simple situations, using modifiers of intensity such as fairly'', ''somewhat , etc. can lead to an awkward construction, with the exception of certain common expressions such as “so great” and “really great”. In particular “very great” is unusually strong as a reaction, and in many cases “great” or its meaning of “very good” will suffice.

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * great big * great chamber * great hall * great room * greatly * greatness

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Expression of gladness and content about something.
  • Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.
  • sarcastic inversion thereof.
  • Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
  • Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.
  • A course of academic study devoted to the works of such persons and also known as Literae Humaniores ; the "Greats" name has official status with respect to 's program and is widely used as a colloquialism in reference to similar programs elsewhere.
  • Spencer read Greats at Oxford, taking a starred first.
  • (music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
  • Adverb

    (-)
  • very well (in a very satisfactory manner)
  • Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened.

    Derived terms

    * greatly * greatness (compound terms) * just great * great big * great aunt * Great Dane * great-granddaughter * great granddaughter * great-grandfather * great grandfather * great-grandmother * great grandmother * great-grandson * great grandson * great uncle * Great Wall of China * great white shark

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