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lead
  1. (uncountable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
  2. (uncountable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
  3. (countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
  4. (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
  5. (card game) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
  6. (acting) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
  7. (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
  8. (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
  9. (countable, mining) A lode.
  10. (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
  11. A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
  12. In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
  13. Charging lead. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  14. (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
  15. (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
  16. Hypothesis that has not been pursued
  17. Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
  18. (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
  19. Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
  20. (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
  21. (newspapers) A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
  22. An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
  23. (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
  24. (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
  25. (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
  26. (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
  27. (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
  28. (electrical) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
  29. (electrical) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
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  31. Examples:
    1. “As usual, Usain found himself in the lead and even had enough time to salute the crowd on his way to the finish line.”
      “The creators of MySpace never imagined an upstart would usurp their lead in the social network market.”
      “The Cavaliers had a 41-point lead at halftime and the Celtics knew the game was just about over.”
lead
  1. (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
  2. (countable) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
  3. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
  4. (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
  5. Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
  6. (plural leads) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
  7. (countable) A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils.
  8. (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
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  10. Examples:
    1. “As usual, Usain found himself in the lead and even had enough time to salute the crowd on his way to the finish line.”
      “The creators of MySpace never imagined an upstart would usurp their lead in the social network market.”
      “The Cavaliers had a 41-point lead at halftime and the Celtics knew the game was just about over.”
leadership
  1. the capacity of someone to lead others
  2. a group of leaders
  3. (dated) The office or status of a leader.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “He displayed outstanding leadership in overcoming the challenges that arose during this process.”
      “The president is expected to hold talks with the foreign nation's leadership.”
      “I'm feeling abnormally pessimistic about the absurd lack of substantive leadership we are receiving.”
leader
  1. Any person that leads or directs.
    1. One who goes first.
    2. One having authority to direct.
    3. One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
    4. A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
    5. (music) A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
    6. (music) The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
  2. An animal that leads.
    1. The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
    2. An animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs.
  3. Something that leads or conducts.
    1. (botany) A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
    2. A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
    3. (Britain) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
    4. (fishing) A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.
    5. A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to the threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
    6. (marketing) A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
    7. (printing) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
    8. (plural) A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
    9. (fishing) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
    10. (mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
    11. (nautical) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
    12. (engineering) The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
    13. (meteorology) The path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The leader of our country is an affable and sociable person, but is also able to make tough decisions when the time calls for it.”
      “Our company is the leader in home communications and technology, and we have an abundance of groundbreaking prototypes that will allow us to really get the jump on our competitors.”
      “If you follow the leader, you should not have any problems finding your way.”
leaderboard
  1. A board showing the ranking of leaders in a competition.
  2. (web design) An advertisement on a Web page spanning the width of the page and shallow in height.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “He climbed the leaderboard to run in as high as 7th position and lapped consistently until pitting for a driver change.”
      “Woods teed-off, birdied the first hole and began his assault on the leaderboard.”
      “It's a breathtakingly infrequent occasion when I top a leaderboard of any kind.”
leadman
  1. The male leader of a group of workers, who reports to a supervisor.
  2. (obsolete) One who leads a dance.
leadwork
  1. fittings made from lead (the metal)
  2. (lacemaking) small square-shaped decorations of closely-worked basket stitch.
leadamalgam
  1. (mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal silver white mineral containing lead and mercury.
leadsman
  1. (nautical) A sailor who takes soundings with a lead, measuring the depth of water.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Special platforms were built for the leadsman, but the term chains was retained.”
      “Also, the breast-rope which is made fast to the shrouds to protect the leadsman.”
      “The halt is a matter depending on the sounding-line, and not on the leadsman.”
leadsman
  1. (obsolete) lodesman (a leader or guide)
  2. Examples:
    1. “Special platforms were built for the leadsman, but the term chains was retained.”
      “Also, the breast-rope which is made fast to the shrouds to protect the leadsman.”
      “The halt is a matter depending on the sounding-line, and not on the leadsman.”
leaderene
  1. (Britain) A female leader (especially an autocratic one)
leadworks
  1. A factory that processes lead (the metal).
leaderlessness
  1. The state or condition of being leaderless.
leading
leaderine
  1. Alternative form of leaderene
leading
leadworks
  1. plural of leadwork
leaders
  1. plural of leader
  2. the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Community leaders hope that the new government will devolve more power to the community itself.”
      “The country's leaders relentlessly persecuted those who fought against the regime.”
      “They also exercise power directly as leaders of the Government Departments.”
leaderboards
leaderships
  1. plural of leadership
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Their employment was directly controlled by the top military and political leaderships.”
      “An upsurge of regular exchange visits between the top defense and military leaderships of the two countries followed.”
      “And it extends itself far more broadly, it's not just opposition to war it's a lack of faith in the leaderships.”
leaderenes
  1. plural of leaderene
leadsmen
  1. plural of leadsman
leadmen
  1. plural of leadman
leadings
  1. plural of leading
leads
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