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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Saracens, who had lost 62-15 to Bath on the same ground two weeks earlier, had a deserved 10-0 lead at half-time through a converted Charlie Bracken try and an Owen Farrell penalty.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Those who do, he said, should buy more from the U.S.—“We have plenty”—and take the lead on reopening the strait.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Zelinger’s experience at Palantir would later lead him to co-found the startup Closure Intelligence, a digital-analyst platform for law-enforcement agencies.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
It's paramount that astronauts work out: the microgravity environment takes stress off bones and muscles, which can lead to significant loss without precautions.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
The present company, including Sun Girl and the Pack, approved of this suggestion, allowing the Major to take the lead.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
