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lead1 /lēd/ transitive verb (pap and pat led)- To show the way by going first
- To precede
- To guide by the hand
- To direct
- To guide
- To conduct
- To convey
- To cart (dialect)
- To induce
- To live
- To cause to live or experience
- To adduce (Scots law)
- To have a principal or guiding part or place in
- To play as the first card of a round (cards)
intransitive verb- To be first or among the first
- To be guide or chief
- To act or play (a card) first
- To cart crops to the farmyard (often with in)
- To afford a passage (to), or (figurative) tend towards
- (of a newspaper, etc) to have as its main story, feature, etc (with with)
noun- First place
- Precedence
- The amount by which one is ahead
- Direction
- Guidance
- An indication
- A precedent or example
- A chief role
- The player of a chief role
- Leadership
- Initiative
- The act or right of playing first, or the play of whoever plays first
- The first player of a side (curling, etc)
- A leash
- A watercourse leading to a mill
- A channel through ice
- The course of a running rope from end to end
- A main conductor in electrical distribution
- The distance between successive contours on the same helix of a screw thread measured parallel to the axis of the screw
adjective- Chief
- Main
- Leading
ORIGIN: OE lǣdan to lead, lād a way; Ger leiten to lead leadˈer noun - A person who leads or goes first
- A chief
- In an orchestra, the principal first violin
- The head of a party, expedition, etc
- The leading editorial article in a newspaper (also leading article)
- The principal upward-growing shoot of a tree
- A horse or dog in a front place in a team
- A tendon
- A short blank strip at the beginning and end of a film or tape
- A translucent connection between a fishing-line and bait
- A line of dots to guide the eye (printing)
- The principal wheel in any machinery
- An alternative name for a conductor (of an orchestra, etc) (US)
leadereneˈ noun A female leader, esp a domineering one (orig applied to Margaret Thatcher when UK Prime Minister) leaderetteˈ noun A brief newspaper leader leadˈerless adjective leadˈership noun - The office of leader or conductor
- Those acting as leaders of a particular organization or group
- Ability to lead
leadˈing noun - Guidance
- Spiritual guidance
- Leadership
- Carting (crops, etc)
adjective- Acting as leader
- Directing or controlling
- Principal
- Preceding
leadˈerboard noun A scoreboard that lists the names and scores of the current leaders in a sporting, esp golf, competition leadˈer-caˈble noun A cable on the sea-bottom by which ships with induction-receiving apparatus can find their way into port Leader of the House of Commons or Leader of the House of Lords noun A senior member of the government officially responsible for initiating the business of the House leadˈ-in noun - The part of the groove on a record before the start of the recording, opp to lead-out (also lead-in groove)
- The cable connecting the transmitter or receiver to the elevated part of an aerial
- The introduction to, or introductory passage of, a commercial, discussion, newspaper article, piece of music, etc (also adjective)
leading aircraftman or leading aircraftsman, or leading aircraftwoman or leading aircraftswoman noun The rank above aircraft(s)man or aircraft(s)woman leading business noun (rare) The acting of the principal parts or roles in plays leading case noun (law) A case serving as a precedent leading counsel noun Counsel who takes precedence over another in conducting a case leading dog noun (Aust and NZ) A sheepdog trained to control sheep by running ahead of them leading edge noun - The edge first met
- The foremost edge of an aerofoil or propeller blade
- The rising amplitude portion of a pulse signal (telecommunications)
- The forefront, esp in scientific or technical development (figurative)
leading lady or leading man noun The principal actress or actor in a play leading light noun A very influential member leading note noun (music) The seventh tone of a major or minor scale, which leads the hearer to expect the tonic to follow leading question noun A question put in such a way as to suggest the desired answer leading reins or leading strings plural noun (US) - Children's walking reins
- Vexatious care or custody
leadˈ-off noun A first move (see also lead off below) leadˈ-out noun - The part of the groove on a record after the recording has finished, opp to lead-in (also lead-out groove)
- A wire by which electric current can enter or leave an electronic instrument
lead time noun (orig US) - The time between the conception or design of a product, factory, alteration, etc and its production, completion, implementation, etc
- The time taken for delivery of goods after an order has been placed
leadˈ-up noun - Something that introduces or causes something else
- The period immediately prior to something happening
lead apes in hell Imagined to be the lot of old maids in the afterlife lead astray - To draw into a wrong course
- To seduce from proper conduct
lead by the nose To make (someone) follow submissively lead in (Scot) To house the harvest lead in prayer To lead the offering up of prayer in an assembly, uniting the prayers of others lead off To begin or take the start in anything lead on - To persuade to go on, to draw on
- To persuade to do something foolish
- To trick or deceive
lead out - To conduct to execution or a dance
- To bring out by preceding
- To begin to play (cards)
leads and lags (commerce) - In international trade, the early payment of bills, dividends, etc to concerns abroad, and the delayed invoicing of foreign customers and delayed conversion of foreign currencies into sterling (in order to take advantage of expected changes in the rate of exchange), which have an effect on the balance of payments situation
- Any variations in the times of completion of transactions
lead someone a dance see under dance lead the way To go first and guide others lead up to - To bring about by degrees, to prepare for by steps or stages
- To happen immediately before
- To play in challenge to, or with a view to weakness in (cards)
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