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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The cub’s selfish decisions lead to the tree laying itself across a chasm to save its surrogate child.
From Los Angeles Times
Giant cantilever cranes date from the beginning of the 20th Century, when Scotland led the world in shipbuilding and engineering.
From BBC
An aggressive start was rewarded with an early 2-0 advantage and the British rink maintained that to lead 3-2 at the break.
From BBC
Bryan Simpson, hospitality lead for Unite, said the union had been "inundated" with messages from staff worried about their livelihoods since the news emerged.
From BBC
In 1994, when Boston and neighboring Brookline and Cambridge all had some form of limits on rent hikes, voters banned the practice via ballot measure following a contentious campaign led by small landlords.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
