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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“This probably is one of the instruments that will lead to broader changes in how we deal with such matters.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
SpaceX is valued at 100 times 2025 sales, and historically, such high price-to-sales ratios lead to underperformance.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
The decline in sales at the lowest price points shows that renters are having increasing trouble saving for down payments, said Nancy Vanden Houten, lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Two years prior, Brock’s old friend Sam Jayne, lead singer of regional peers Lync and Love as Laughter, was found dead in his car.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
‘But listen to me. You must keep up the pretence a bit longer. We will have to change to a different train at Rotterdam. Be strong and take your lead from me.’
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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