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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Rebels fans want nothing to do with Kiffin, the sixth-year Rebels coach who was in the midst of leading the team to its best ever regular season record.
He promised to lead the economy into “a golden age,” but growth has been uneven.
From Los Angeles Times
He launched them, led them and brought people aboard.
From Los Angeles Times
The lead sponsor of both bills, former state Sen. Connie Leyva, said she was taken aback by school districts using confidentiality provisions.
From Los Angeles Times
The contents of the the court documents could lead to a potentially embarrassing and public legal battle between the Welsh language channel and Ms Griffin-Williams, if the matter is eventually heard at the High Court.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
