Leading meaning : To cover, fill, or affect with lead To place leads between the lines of. (heading) To guide or conduct. To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb. (heading) To begin, to be ahead. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place. To produce (with to). (transitive) To live or experience (a particular way of life). Providing guidance or direction. Ranking first. Occurring in advance; preceding.