Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leading indicator

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: lead-ing indi-ca-tor
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phenomenon that generally occurs in advance of a more important phenomenon, aiding in its prediction.

noun

A phenomenon that is predictive of the overall level of economic activity, especially one for which reliable statistics are available; a leading economic indicator.

Inflected Forms

leading indicators (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

concurrent indicator lagging indicator

Questions

What does leading indicator mean?: A phenomenon that generally occurs in advance of a more important phenomenon, aiding in its prediction.

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