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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Still, dutifully, she walked over to the 2B waiting area and pulled open the door to the hallway that led down to the plane.
From Literature
Nim flew down the hill as Selkie led the whole herd into the water, splashing and barking at the strange shape drifting in through the reef.
From Literature
While the DNA on the gloves did not lead them to a suspect, authorities are also testing DNA evidence found at Guthrie’s home.
From Los Angeles Times
Mrs Lungu has remained in South Africa since the death of her husband and is leading legal efforts to have him buried in South Africa.
From BBC
"For more than 60 years, Reverend Jackson helped lead some of the most significant movements for change in human history," the Obamas also said in the statement.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
