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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According to Ania Jastreboff, a Yale School of Medicine professor and lead investigator for the trial, every dose of retatrutide assessed resulted in clinically meaningful weight reduction for nearly all participants.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
One candidate could appear to be in the lead on election night and another could overtake them once all ballots are counted.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
If you think photonics has the lead, the leaders in that category are Xanadu Quantum Technologies and PsiQuantum, also still private.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The findings, which were observed in mice, could eventually lead to new ways to reduce intestinal damage caused by radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
As we rounded the schoolhouse, J.W. took the lead.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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