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Strength, softness and thickness remain the leading indicators of toilet paper quality, with just a small proportion of consumers preferring more luxurious alternatives, such as those with flower patterns or perfume,said Mintel analyst Jack Duckett.
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Previous behavioural studies have shown that learning new information can lead to forgetting.
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Leigh Thompson of Kellogg School of Management in Illinois warns that, Teams are not always the answer—teams may provide insight, creativity and knowledge in a way that a person working independently cannot; but teamwork may also lead to confusion, delay and poor decision-making.
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It has led to a lot of debate.
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However, it was another interest that led Leah to radically reinvent herself.
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The team was led by Dr.
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We thought we would see differences based on the housing types, said the lead author of the study, Julie Robison, an associate professor of medicine at the university.
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The trend began in 2007, when leading wheat-exporting countries such as Russia and Argentina limited or banned their exports, in hopes of increasing local food supplies and thereby bringing down domestic food prices.
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The author has come to agree that food shortages could ultimately lead to the collapse of world civilization.
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Some diseases inevitably lead to their decline.
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Modern techniques for producing and shipping food led to greater variety and quantity, including a tremendous increase in the amount of animal protein and dairy products available, making us more vigorous than our ancestorsYet plenty has been lost too, even in cultures that still live to eat.
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It often leads to innovations in other related fields.
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It is an interaction between the person and the place, not the sort of place in itself, that leads to better or worse experiences.
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Food-import anxiety is even leading to new efforts by food-importing countries to buy or lease farmland in other countries.
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But what effect does your personality have on your longevity ( ' , 长寿)? Do some kinds of personalities lead to longer lives? A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.
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When I told a group of school children who displayed helpless behavior that a lack of effort led to their mistakes in math, they learned to keep trying when the problems got tough.
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We can lead people to eat less while helping the restaurant business.
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The researchers, led by Martin Reimann, carried out a series of experiments to see if people would choose a smaller meal if it was paired with a non-food item.
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Details about what led to the workers’ being trapped in the elevator weren’t immediately available.
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The popularity of TV led to the popularity of frozen food.
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It leads the world in information technology.
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Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rather than stringing together nonsense words, for example.
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Administrators seem to believe that only hard work will lead children to their educational goals.
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His mother, convinced that she had to do something dramatic to prevent him from leading a life of failure, lay down some rules.
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He is now a leading surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medical School.
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But later on, it led to the invention of the lightning rod.
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"We thought we would see differences based on the housing types," said the lead author of the study, Julie RoBison, an associate professor of medicine at the university.
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And it's not just dropping food on the floor that can lead to bacterial contamination.
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Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rath
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Cats use a causal-logical understanding of noise or sounds to predict the appearance of invisible objects, lead researcher Saho Takagi says in a press release.
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In the last seven years, Americans have grown more pessimistic about the power of education to lead to success.
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Students are more likely to think about their actions and see whether they will lead to trouble.
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Take-homes require thoughtful engagement which can lead to longer term stress as there is never a moment when the time is up?
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The idea is that competition between rival operators would lead to better service at airports.
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They can lead to extreme rain in parts of North and South America, even as southern Africa experiences dry weather.
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They have led some birds to give up on migration.
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The cycle continues: Poorer parents have less time and fewer resources to invest in their children, which can leave children less prepared for school and work, which leads to lower earnings.
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The Math Olympiad Summer Training Program is a three-week math camp held by the Mathematical Association of America that leads straight to the international championship and is free for those who make it.
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Teachers in low-income urban and rural areas with no history of participating in math competitions may not know about advanced-math opportunities like MathCounts—and those who do may not have support or feel trained to lead them.
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One of the largest feeders for high school math competitions—including those that eventually lead to the IMO—is a middle school program called MathCounts.
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Higher fossil fuel prices prove to be conducive to innovation and application of cleaner technologyIf fossil fuel prices remain low for a long time, it may lead to higher emissions of greenhouse gases.
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There is a large potential for wastewater agriculture to both help and hurt great numbers of urban consumers, said Liqa Raschid-Sally, who led the study.
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The protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue which affects the well-being of peoples and economic development throughout the world, read the final declaration from this gathering, the first of a sequence which would lead to the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992 and the World Development Summit in Johannesburg three years ago.
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Critics have charged that this sensible idea would lead to rationing of care.
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A new effort led by Canoe Ventures, a coalition of leading cable providers, aims to make interactive advertising available across America later this year.
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a basis for explaining human genetic diversityan aid to understanding different populationsan explanation for social and cultural differencesa term to describe individual human characteristicsmodern genetics research is likely to fuel racial conflictsrace is a poorly defined marker of human genetic diversityrace as a biological term can explain human genetic diversitygenetics research should consider social and cultural variablesit is absolutely necessary to put race aside in making diagnosisit is important to include social variables in genetics researchracial categories for genetic diversity could lead to wrong clinical predictionsdiscrimination against black people may cause negligence in clinical treatmentThey be more precise with the language they use.
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Whatever your talents, it is extraordinarily difficult to get a leading job in most fields without having been to university.
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This approach has led over time to a fall in smoking with numbers having roughly halved since the 1970s.
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The large base he leads resembles a snowed-in college campus on holiday break, with the capacity to sleep more than 10 times the 13 people who were staying on through the Antarctic winter.
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The goal of keeping global temperature rise well below 2 ℃ is commendable but the emissions-reduction pledges submitted by countries leading up to the Paris talks are very unlikely to deliver on this.
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Students at university also meet those likely to be in leading jobs in the future, forming contacts for life.
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Having opportunities of playing a leading role in society.
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When I teach in classroom, we often end up talking about things like success and what leads to success.
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The leading causes of death in this age group are also changing.
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That pushed flu from the third leading cause of death to the fifth.
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Passion is the drive that leads to romance.
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But by 2014, the death rate from Alzheimer’s Disease for this age group have more than doubled, increasing from 3.8% to 8.5%, making the progressive brain disease the second leading cause of death for centenarians.
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It may lead to the bankruptcy of Virgin Galactic.
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In particular, Arum and Roksa found, college students were not developing the critical thinking, analytic reasoning and other higher-level skills that are necessary to thrive in today's knowledge-based economy and to lead our nation in a time of complex challenges and dynamic change.
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Erica is proof that a great-grandmother can help to lead the revolution if you get the psychology right — in this case, by matching her enthusiasm for the environment with a fondness for organising groups.
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Education has failed to lead students to think about major scientific ideas.
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All of those specialized bulbs led to the building of specialized light fixtures, from the desk lamp you study by, to the ugly but beloved hand-painted Chinese lamp you inherited from your grandmother, to the ceiling fixture in your closet, to the light in your oven or refrigerator, and to the light that the dentist points at you.
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Asia led the way, with the biggest number from China followed by Japan and India, most European and Asian universities provide an elite service to a small numberof people.
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"The protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue which affects the well-being of peoples and economic development throughout the world," read the final declaration from this gathering, the first of a sequence which would lead to t
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According to a report from the Harvard School of Public Health, many everyday products, including some bug sprays and cleaning fluids, could lead to an increased risk of brain and behavioral disorders in children.
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As the report authors point out, even near-misses might lead to the "creation of a burdensome regulatory framework and affect the future disposition of science CubeSats.
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But the status quo can be problematic, since a change in the course of action can sometimes be important and lead to a positive outcome.
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However the lead role is a comedian by the name of Frankie, and he plays himself.
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In 2001, for example, the Environmental Protection Agenc restricted the type and amount of lead that could be present in paint and soil to homes and child-care facilities after concerns were raised about lead poisoning.
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In fact, the European Union is taking the lead.
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It's an approach not dictated by the confines of conventional large scale agriculture lead by international corporations.
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Senator Hokkons Baules, lead sponsor of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act, said the sanctuary will "help build a secure future for the Palauan people by honoring the conservation traditions of our past".
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So, while there may be insights to be gained from matching behavior to brain activity, those insights will I not necessarily lead to justice in a court of law.
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Teachers in low-income urban and rural areas with no history of participating in math competitions may not know about advanced-math opportunities like Math Counts—and those who do may not have support or feel trained to lead them.
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The risk is of course that innovation may frequently lead to imitation.
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This is one industry where it seems the integration of robots will lead to collaboration, not replacement.
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We want to lead the way in restoring the health of the ocean for future generations.
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VERB
在…前面走(或骑);为…带头
If you lead a group of people, you walk or ride in front of them.
例句
John Major and the Duke of Edinburgh led the mourners...
约翰·梅杰和爱丁堡公爵走在送葬队伍前面。
He walks with a stick but still leads his soldiers into battle...
他虽然拄着拐杖,但依然带领士兵们投入战斗。
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给…引路(或带路);带…(到某处)
If you lead someone to a particular place or thing, you take them there.
例句
He took Dickon by the hand to lead him into the house...
他牵着迪康的手把他领进屋。
She confessed to the killing and led police to his remains...
她交代人是她杀的,并带警察去他的尸首处。
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(路或门)通,至,达
If a road, gate, or door leads somewhere, you can get there by following the road or going through the gate or door.
例句
...the doors that led to the yard.
通往院子的大门
...a short roadway leading to the car park...
通往停车场的一小段路
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(在比赛或竞赛中)领先,占先
If you are leading at a particular point in a race or competition, you are winning at that point.
例句
He's leading in the presidential race...
他在总统竞选中领先。
So far Fischer leads by five wins to two...
目前费希尔以5胜2负领先。
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领先的地位;占先的位置
If you have the lead or are in the lead in a race or competition, you are winning.
例句
England took the lead after 31 minutes with a goal by Peter Nail...
英格兰队第31分钟由彼得·奈尔攻进一球,取得领先。
Labour are still in the lead in the opinion polls.
工党在民意测验中仍然领先。
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超前量;领先程度
Someone's lead over a competitor at a particular point in a race or competition is the distance, amount of time, or number of points by which they are ahead of them.
例句
...a commanding lead for the opposition is clearly emerging throughout the country...
显然反对党已开始在全国占据一边倒的领先地位。
His goal gave Forest a two-goal lead against Southampton...
他的进球使森林队以两球领先南安普敦队。
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在…中领先;胜过;主导
If one company or country leads others in a particular activity such as scientific research or business, it is more successful or advanced than they are in that activity.
例句
When it comes to pop music we not only lead Europe, we lead the world.
我们不仅引领欧洲而且引领着全球的流行音乐潮流。
...foodstores such as Marks & Spencer, which led the market in microwaveable meals.
玛莎百货等在微波炉食品市场占主导地位的食品卖场
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领导;率领;指挥
If you lead a group of people, an organization, or an activity, you are in control or in charge of the people or the activity.
例句
He led the country between 1949 and 1984...
1949到1984年间他是该国领导人。
Mr Mendes was leading a campaign to save Brazil's rainforest from exploitation.
门德斯先生正领导一场运动,以拯救遭到乱砍滥伐的巴西热带雨林。
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先河;榜样;表率
If you give a lead, you do something new or develop new ideas or methods that other people consider to be a good example or model to follow.
例句
...the need for the president to give a moral lead...
需要总统树立一个道德榜样
The American and Japanese navies took the lead in the development of naval aviation...
美国和日本海军是发展海军航空部队的佼佼者。
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过(某种生活)
You can use lead when you are saying what kind of life someone has. For example, if you lead a busy life, your life is busy.
例句
She led a normal, happy life with her sister and brother...
她和弟弟妹妹一起过着平凡而幸福的生活。
Most of the women in here are not people who have led a life of crime.
这里的女子大多没有犯罪前科。
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招致;致使;导致
If something leads to a situation or event, usually an unpleasant one, it begins a process which causes that situation or event to happen.
例句
Ethnic tensions among the republics could lead to civil war...
共和国之间紧张的种族关系可能会引发内战。
He warned yesterday that a pay rise for teachers would lead to job cuts.
他昨天警告说,给教师们加薪会导致职位的裁减。
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促使;使得;使
If something leads you to do something, it influences or affects you in such a way that you do it.
例句
His abhorrence of racism led him to write The Algiers Motel Incident...
对种族主义的憎恨促使他写了《阿尔及尔汽车旅馆事件》一书。
What was it ultimately that led you to leave Sarajevo for Zagreb?
最终是什么让你离开萨拉热窝前往萨格勒布的?
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诱使;误导
If you say that someone or something led you to think something, you mean that they caused you to think it, although it was not true or did not happen.
例句
Mother had led me to believe the new baby was a kind of present for me...
母亲让我相信新出生的宝宝是给我的一个礼物。
It was not as straightforward as we were led to believe.
这事并非如我们所误以为的那样简单。
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引导,掌控(谈话或讨论的内容)
If you lead a conversation or discussion, you control the way that it develops so that you can introduce a particular subject.
例句
After a while I led the conversation around to her job...
过了一阵子,我把话题引到她的工作上。
He planned to lead the conversation and keep Matt from changing the subject.
他计划控制谈话局面,不让马特转换话题。
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(讨论或文章中某一观点或话题)把…带到,为…引出(另一观点或话题)
You can say that one point or topic in a discussion or piece of writing leads you to another in order to introduce a new point or topic that is linked with the previous one.
例句
Well, I think that leads me to the real point.
这个嘛,我看这让我说到正题了。
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线索;头绪
A lead is a piece of information or an idea which may help people to discover the facts in a situation where many facts are not known, for example in the investigation of a crime or in a scientific experiment.
例句
The inquiry team is also following up possible leads after receiving 400 calls from the public.
在接到民众400个热线电话后,调查组亦在对可能的线索进行追踪。
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(戏剧、电影等中的)主角;扮演主角的演员
The lead in a play, film, or show is the most important part in it. The person who plays this part can also be called the lead.
例句
Nina Ananiashvili and Alexei Fadeyechev from the Bolshoi Ballet dance the leads...
由莫斯科大剧院芭蕾舞团的尼娜·阿纳尼阿什维利和阿列克谢·法捷耶切夫担纲演出。
The leads are Jack Hawkins and Glynis Johns.
杰克·霍金斯和格莉妮斯·约翰斯主演。
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狗绳;牵狗带
A dog's lead is a long, thin chain or piece of leather which you attach to the dog's collar so that you can control the dog.
例句
An older man came out with a little dog on a lead.
一个年纪较大的男子牵着一条小狗走了出来。
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导线;连接线
A lead in a piece of equipment is a piece of wire covered in plastic which supplies electricity to the equipment or carries it from one part of the equipment to another.
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(报纸或电视、电台的)要闻,头条
The lead story or lead in a newspaper or on the television or radio news is the most important story.
例句
The Turkish situation makes the lead in tomorrow's Guardian...
土耳其局势将成为明天《卫报》的头条。
Cossiga's reaction is the lead story in the Italian press.
科西加的反应成了意大利各大媒体的头条新闻。
Noun
1. 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"2. an advantage held by a competitor in a race;
"he took the lead at the last turn"3. evidence pointing to a possible solution;
"the police are following a promising lead""the trail led straight to the perpetrator"4. 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"5. the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
6. the introductory section of a story;
"it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter"7. an actor who plays a principal role
8. (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base;
"he took a long lead off first"9. an indication of potential opportunity;
"he got a tip on the stock market""a good lead for a job"10. a news story of major importance
11. the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
12. restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
13. thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
14. mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
15. a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire;
"it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads"16. the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge;
"the lead was in the dummy"Verb
1. take somebody somewhere;
"We lead him to our chief""can you take me to the main entrance?""He conducted us to the palace"2. result in;
"The water left a mark on the silk dress""Her blood left a stain on the napkin"3. tend to or result in;
"This remark lead to further arguments among the guests"4. travel in front of; go in advance of others;
"The procession was headed by John"5. cause to undertake a certain action;
"Her greed led her to forge the checks"6. 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"7. be in charge of;
"Who is heading this project?"8. be ahead of others; be the first;
"she topped her class every year"9. be conducive to;
"The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing"10. lead, as in the performance of a composition;
"conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"11. pass or spend;
"lead a good life"12. lead, extend, or afford access;
"This door goes to the basement""The road runs South"13. move ahead (of others) in time or space
14. cause something to pass or lead somewhere;
"Run the wire behind the cabinet"15. preside over;
"John moderated the discussion"