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(verb) cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks" |
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Related Words: cause, get, give, have, induce, make, stimulate |
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(noun) the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge; "the lead was in the dummy" |
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Related Words: play, turn |
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(noun) a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead'); "he takes the lead in any group"; "we were just waiting for someone to take the lead"; "they didn't follow our lead" |
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Related Words: leadership, leading |
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(verb) travel in front of; go in advance of others: "The procession was headed by John" |
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Synonyms: head |
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Related Words: lead, precede |
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(verb) take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" |
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Synonyms: conduct, direct, guide, take |
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Related Words: beacon, lead astray, misguide, mislead, show, usher |
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(verb) tend to or result in; "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests" |
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Related Words: lead, leave, result |
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(verb) be ahead of others; be at the top; be the first |
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(verb) pass or spend; "lead a good life" |
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Related Words: pass, spend |
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(noun) a mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil |
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Synonyms: pencil lead |
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Related Words: black lead, graphite, plumbago |
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(noun) a thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing |
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Synonyms: leading |
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Related Words: slip, strip |
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(noun) an advantage held by a competitor in a race: "he took the lead at the last turn" |
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Related Words: advantage, vantage |
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(noun) evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator" |
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Synonyms: track, trail |
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Related Words: evidence, grounds |
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(noun) the introductory section of a story; "it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter" |
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Synonyms: lead-in |
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Related Words: section, subdivision |
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(noun) a news story of major importance |
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Synonyms: lead story |
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Related Words: news article, news story, newspaper article |
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(noun) (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base; "he took a long lead off first" |
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Related Words: place, position |
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(noun) the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile) |
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Related Words: angle |
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(noun) a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull gray; "the children were playing with lead soldiers" |
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Synonyms: Pb, atomic number 82 |
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Related Words: antimonial lead, hard lead, metal, metallic element, pig lead |
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(verb) lead; "conduct an orchestra" |
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Synonyms: conduct, direct |
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Related Words: do, execute, perform |
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(verb) move ahead (of others) in time or space |
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Synonyms: precede |
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Related Words: go, head, lead, locomote, move, travel |
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(verb) be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?" |
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Synonyms: head |
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Related Words: captain, chair, chairman, direct, spearhead, take charge, take control, take hold |
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(verb) be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing" |
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Synonyms: conduce, contribute |
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Related Words: advance, boost, encourage, further, promote |
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(verb) lead. extend, or afford access; "This door goes to the basement"; "The road runs South" |
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Synonyms: go |
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Related Words: be |
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(verb) cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet" |
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Synonyms: run |
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Related Words: make pass, pass |
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(noun) the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine |
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Synonyms: spark advance |
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Related Words: timing |
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(noun) an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" |
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Synonyms: confidential information, hint, steer, tip, wind |
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Related Words: counsel, counseling, direction, guidance |
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(verb) preside over; "John moderated the discussion" |
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Synonyms: chair, moderate |
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Related Words: discuss, talk over |
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(verb) result in; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" |
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Synonyms: leave, result |
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Related Words: bring about, lead |
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(noun) a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire; "it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads" |
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Synonyms: jumper cable, jumper lead |
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Related Words: clip lead, conducting wire, jumper, wire |
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(noun) a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal |
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Synonyms: leash, tether |
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Related Words: constraint, restraint |
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(noun) an actor who plays a principal role |
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Synonyms: principal, star |
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Related Words: TV star, actor, co-star, film star, histrion, idol, matinee idol, movie star, player, role player, television star, thespian |
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(verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" |
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Synonyms: extend, go, pass, run |
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Related Words: be, come, go deep, go far, radiate, ray |
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