lead to sth
— phrasal verb with lead uk/liːd/us/liːd/verb led, led uk/led/us
B2 If an action or event leads to something, it causes that thing to happen or exist:
Reducing speed limits should lead to fewer deaths on the roads.
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- A diet that is high in fat can lead to obesity.
- The first chapter describes the strange sequence of events that lead to his death.
- The allegations, if true, could lead to her resignation.
- It is feared that the civil unrest we are now witnessing in this country could lead to full-scale civil war.
- Failure to keep the chemical at the right temperature could lead to an explosion.
- The long hot summer has led to serious water shortages.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuate
- actuation
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- draw
- fuel
- instigate
- instigator
- introduce
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
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