Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Foremost.

    The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position.

  2. (not comparable)Main, principal, primary, first, chief, foremost.

    the lead guitarist in band

    the lead developer on a software project

Examples

1932 sentences
  1. What led you to this conclusion?

    Що привело вас до цього висновку? — deniko

    ruЧто привело вас к этому выводу? — marafon

    deWas führte dich zu diesem Schluss? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. This is as heavy as lead.

    Воно важке як камінюка. — pinaxe

    ruОно тяжёлое, как свинец. — fjay69

    deDas ist so schwer wie Blei. — Adelpa

  3. Where does this street lead to?

    Куди веде ця вулиця? — deniko

    ruКуда ведёт эта улица? — redscorp

    deWohin führt diese Straße? — Wolf

  4. She led the old man into the room.

    Вона відвела старика до кімнати. — deniko

    ruОна провела в комнату старого мужчину. — FeuDRenais

  5. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

    Можна привести коня до води, але не можна змусити його пити. — glossboss

    ruМожно привести коня к воде, но нельзя заставить его пить. — odexed

    deMan kann niemanden zu seinem Glücke zwingen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English leden, from Old English lǣdan (“to lead”), from Proto-West Germanic *l

From Middle English leden, from Old English lǣdan (“to lead”), from Proto-West Germanic *laidijan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną (“to cause one to go, lead”), causative of Proto-Germanic *līþaną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“to leave, die”).

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Synonyms

5 synonyms

Word family

14 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • lead the way
  • the lead singer
  • play lead guitar
  • lead singer
  • lead a quiet
  • led the discussion
  • lead guitar in
  • is the lead
  • lead guitar
  • road lead
  • play lead
  • leading to an

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lead — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto