lead
Usage
What are other ways to say lead?
To lead is to bring onward in a course, guiding by contact or by going in advance; hence, figuratively, to influence or induce to some course of conduct: to lead a procession; to lead astray. Guide implies continuous presence or agency in showing or indicating a course: to guide a traveler. To conduct is to precede or escort them to a place, sometimes with a degree of ceremony: to conduct a guest to his room. To direct is to give information for guidance, or instructions or orders for a course of procedure: to direct someone to the station.
Example Sentences
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Despite carrying a five-point lead into the free skate, Malinin placed 15th for his routine after two falls and multiple errors, and eighth overall.
From Barron's
The study was led by Jie Hu of East China Normal University in China, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Zurich in Switzerland.
From Science Daily
"This is just the beginning of the story," says Kishalay De, an associate research scientist at the Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute and lead author on the new study.
From Science Daily
This arrangement is explained by a leading theory of planet formation.
From Science Daily
Cuba also has a shortage of aviation fuel, leading several airlines to suspend services to the island and some countries, including the UK, to warn citizens against non-essential travel there.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
