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führend — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • authoritative adj Recognised as reliable, accurate, and worth trusting because of its expertise.
  • leading adjective Most important or most prominent; ranking first.
  • preceding adjective Coming right before something else in time, order, or position.
  • upfront adj Honest and direct, especially about something that might be uncomfortable to say.

Senses

führend is used for these senses in English:

  • authoritative Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority.
  • leading Providing guidance or direction.
  • leading Occurring in advance; preceding.
  • preceding Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
  • upfront Honest, frank and straightforward.

authoritative — full definition

  1. adj Recognised as reliable, accurate, and worth trusting because of its expertise.
  2. adj Having a commanding, confident manner that inspires obedience or trust.

leading — full definition

  1. adjective Most important or most prominent; ranking first.
  2. adjective Guiding or directing.
  3. noun In printing and design, the vertical space added between lines of text.

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