leading
/ˈliːdɪŋ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈliːdɪŋ/
leading
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final ng sound
lea - ding -> leading
Myanmar meaning
(adj) အဓိက (v[ing]) ဦးဆောင်လမ်းပြနေ
Full entry
၁။ အဓိက။ အထင်ကရ။ one of the country’s leading writers ❍ play a leading role in the theatre / a political campaign, etc.
၂။ ရှေ့ဆုံး။ ဦးဆောင် နေသော။ the leading runners.
❏ leading article (also lead article, leader) (Brit) (US lead story ) n (journalism ) ခေါင်းကြီး။ ခေါင်းကြီးပိုင်း။
❏ leading edge n လေယာဉ်ပျံတောင်ပံ ဦးစွန်း။
❏ leading lady, leading man ns ခေါင်းဆောင် မင်းသမီး၊ မင်းသား။
❏ leading light n (infml approv ) နာမည်ကြီးသူ။ one of the leading lights in international golf.
❏ leading question n နိမိတ်ပြမေးခွန်း။
More examples
- David was our leading goalscorer last season.
- The leading cause of death
- He became a leading figure in the London art world.
- A leading brand of toothpaste
- [play a leading part/role] : She played a leading role in the country’s independence movement.
- Michael broke away from the leading group to win by 70 metres.
Synonyms
most important, foremost, important, principal, chief, top, primary, ahead, antecedently, arch, at an advantage, at the head, best, champion, dominant, dominating, famous, first, governing, greatest, headmost, highest, in front, in the foreground, in the lead, inaugural, initial, main, noted, notorious, number one, on top, onwards, outstanding, popular, precedently, preeminent, premier, prominent, ruling, stellar, superior, to the fore, vanguard, well-known
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