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leading
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English ledinge, ledynge, ledand, ledande, ledende, from Old English l?dende, from Proto-Germanic *laidijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *laidijan? (“to lead”), equivalent to lead +? -ing. Cognate with German Leitung (“lin, conduit, cable”). More at lead.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?li?d??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?lid??/
- Rhymes: -i?d??
- Hyphenation: lead?ing
Verb
leading
- present participle of lead
Adjective
leading (not comparable)
- Providing guidance or direction.
- Ranking first.
- Occurring in advance; preceding.
- Antonyms: following, lagging, trailing
Coordinate terms
- (occurring in advance): concurrent, lagging
Hyponyms
- industry-leading
Derived terms
- leading indicator
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English leding, ledyng, ledinge, ledunge, equivalent to lead +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?li?d??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?lid??/
- Rhymes: -i?d??
- Hyphenation: lead?ing
Noun
leading (plural leadings)
- An act by which one is led or guided.
Etymology 3
From Middle English leedynge, equivalent to lead (chemical element) +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?l?d??/
- Rhymes: -?d??
- Hyphenation: lead?ing
Noun
leading (uncountable)
- (typography) Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.
Translations
Further reading
- leading on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Negidal, adeling, aligned, dealign, dealing, diangle, lagenid, leidang
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necessary
English
Etymology
From Middle English necessarye, from Old French necessaire, from Latin necess?rius (“unavoidable, inevitable, required”), variant of necesse (“unavoidable, inevitable”), probably from ne or non cessum, from the perfect passive participle of c?d? (“yield; avoid, withdraw”); see cede.
Older use as a noun in reference to an outhouse or lavatory under the influence of English and Latin necess?rium, a medieval term for the place for monks' "unavoidable" business, usually located behind or attached to monastic dormitories.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?s??s??i/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?s?s??/
- (nonstandard) IPA(key): /?n?s??i/
Adjective
necessary (comparative necessarier or more necessary, superlative necessariest or most necessary)
- Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:requisite
- Antonym: unnecessary
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare & al., The Life of Tymon of Athens, Act III, Scene vi, ll. 1258-60:
- 1.Sen. ...The faults Bloody:
'Tis necessary he should dye:
Nothing imboldens sinne so much, as Mercy.
- 1.Sen. ...The faults Bloody:
- Unavoidable, inevitable.
- Synonyms: inevitable, natural
- Antonyms: evitable, incidental, impossible
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar, Act II, Scene ii, ll. 1020-25:
- Cæs. Cowards dye many times before their deaths,
The valiant neuer taste of death but once:
Of all the Wonders that I yet haue heard,
It seemes to me most strange that men should feare,
Seeing that death, a necessary end
Will come, when it will come.
- Cæs. Cowards dye many times before their deaths,
- (obsolete) Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.
- 1871, Richard Holt Hutton, Essays, Vol. I, p. 53:
- But that a necessary being should give birth to a being with any amount, however limited, of moral freedom, is infinitely less conceivable than that parents of the insect or fish type should give birth to a perfect mammal.
- 1871, Richard Holt Hutton, Essays, Vol. I, p. 53:
Derived terms
- necessarily
- necessary condition
Related terms
Translations
Noun
necessary (plural necessaries)
- (Britain, archaic euphemistic, usually with the definite article) A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:bathroom
Related terms
- necessary house; necessary place, necessary stool, necessary vault (obsolete)
References
- necessary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- necessary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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