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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Lead is a potent neurotoxin that can stunt the brain development and lead to behavioral issues in young children that inhale or ingest it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
The demonstrations, organized under the banner “All Roads Lead to the South,” brought activists, clergy members, students, union organizers, and elected officials to the historic sites associated with the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery marches.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Lead vocals must be live, performed to a pre-recorded backing track.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
Lead vocals must be live, with no lip-syncing or auto-tuning allowed and a maximum of six singers and dancers on stage.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
“You should go now, Hazel Levesque. Lead your friends out of this place.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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