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 National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation, said it was launching a go team to investigate the fatal crash.
From BBC
Fulke Johnson Houghton:, external Legendary trainer led out more than 1,200 winners in his career.
From BBC
Criticism of the Tavistock clinic, which used to run the only children's gender services in England, led to its closure in 2023.
From BBC
He held a two-shot lead going into the final round this time around, but memories of recent near-misses came flooding back when his advantage was wiped out on the first with a double bogey.
From BBC
Concerns about oversupply in the Caribbean have led to a 3% to 13% decline in major cruise operators’ stocks since early October.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
