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 has repeatedly urged countries reliant on the region's energy to send warships to the strait and to take the lead to ensure shipments can resume.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Even if a cease-fire were penned today, it wouldn’t lead to a reversion to prewar prices.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
The study's lead author, Sergio López, is a doctoral student co-mentored by both researchers who carried out key experiments during an eight-month research visit to UMD.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
Those worries, however, shouldn’t lead us to hit the brakes on innovation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Emma and I lead our gaggle of kids outside.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
