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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He eventually got a private tenancy, but was unable to keep up with the cost of the rent, which led to him becoming homeless again.
From BBC
Australia lead the series 3-1 with the fifth and final Test starting in Sydney on January 4.
From Barron's
It was unclear from the text of Saturday’s truce agreement whether it would lead to a permanent end to the conflict.
"The key advance here is methodological," said postdoctoral researcher Maria Chira of the National Observatory of Athens, who led the study.
From Science Daily
That revelation led to a surge in discontent with a government already under fire for its poor economic performance and its reviled strict moral codes.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
