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
But the stock market is forward-looking, and military actions today could lead to fewer actions tomorrow.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
Oysters act as "ecosystem engineers," building reefs made from both living oysters and the shells of earlier generations, explains lead author Dr. Juan Esquivel-Muelbert of Macquarie University.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
Schumpeter predicted that the rise of an “intellectual class” would lead to regulation and the decline of entrepreneurism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Callaway called over his shoulder as he headed down a thin dirt trail that appeared to lead straight into the woods.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
