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 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
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
This will likely lead, among other things, to an intensification of Sino-Indian competition in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf.
From The Wall Street Journal • 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
I skim one article, feeling sick to my stomach as I read the words “overuse injury” and “could lead to a stress fracture” and “weeks or months to resolve.”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
