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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Many Eritrean fans had been hoping that the victory over Eswatini would lead to a renaissance of Eritrean football, but for many Eritreans the latest news has a familiar ring.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Even if a cease-fire were penned today, it wouldn’t lead to a reversion to prewar prices.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
Oysters act as "ecosystem engineers," building reefs made from both living oysters and the shells of earlier generations, explains lead author Dr. Juan Esquivel-Muelbert of Macquarie University.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
Schumpeter predicted that the rise of an “intellectual class” would lead to regulation and the decline of entrepreneurism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
With Rowdy in the lead, we started for the barn.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
