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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Some analysts are concerned about the surge in investment in artificial intelligence, which they say may boost the UK's productivity in the short term but could lead to longer-term job losses.
From BBC
Borthwick picks his back row as a unit, which has led to British and Irish Lions Tom Curry and Henry Pollock being deployed in the final quarter of games.
From BBC
Since its release in the UK on 11 January, the show has led to a wave of first-time fans flooding into ice rinks from Dumfries to Glasgow.
From BBC
It has also warned Chinese citizens to avoid Japan for their studies and holidays, and cancelled flight on 49 routes to Japan, leading to a drop in tourists and a slide in some stocks.
From BBC
OpenAI said last week that it found evidence DeepSeek was using unfair methods to extract results from leading American AI models to train its own.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
