Meaning

3 senses
  1. An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something.

    After the long lead-in, the climax of the story was a disappointment.

  2. A region of data at the beginning of a compact disc, holding the table of contents.

  3. A short phrase that begins the caption of a photograph.

More definitions
  • wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line
  • the introductory section of a story

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Deverbal from lead in.

Deverbal from lead in.

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Forms

plural: lead-ins
Singularlead-in
Plurallead-ins

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
introduction:preface
phrase at start of caption:kicker
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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