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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Additional research will be needed to determine whether these findings can lead to therapies for humans.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
A council has warned that rules designed to limit pollution are pushing up the cost of new homes and could lead to housebuilding targets being missed.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Their 27-point half-time lead was the largest for a road team in Finals history, but San Antonio scored just 30 points in the second half.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
A largely unknown second act came as he served as lead independent director for JPMorgan Chase, a post in which he presided over investigations and advised Chief Executive Jamie Dimon through the financial crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
It was astonishing, really, the quality of life she was able to lead in that crippled body, and watching her during the three years of her paralysis, I made another discovery about love.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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