1. The introductory section of a story
   - lead, lead-in

Type of: section, subdivision

Part of: news article, news story, newspaper article

Encyclopedia: Lede

• desalination
• desalinisation
• desalinise
• desalinization
• desalinize
• desalt
• descale
• descant
• descant on
• Descartes
• descend
• descendant
• descendants
• descendent
• descender
• descendible
• descending
• descending aorta
• descending colon
• descending node
• descensus
• descensus uteri
• descent
• descramble
• describable