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lead
noun as in first place, supremacy
noun as in leadership; example
noun as in clue
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verb as in guide physically
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verb as in guide mentally; influence
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Example Sentences
I think that’s always the leading metric for us — the emotional connection.
Gaetz graduated from William & Mary Law School but otherwise has no experience that would suggest he’s qualified to lead the Department of Justice.
We need a strong relationship with the United States irrespective of who leads the country.
A Swedish minister's phobia of bananas has reportedly led to government officials asking for rooms to be free of the fruit.
When Tanton blended ecology with eugenics and immigration, he was digging up the two-century-old principles of Thomas Malthus, who first theorized that human population growth would lead to poverty and suffering.
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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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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