These rooms were on a level with the apartments of our friends Bows and Costigan next door at No. 4; and by reaching over the communicating leads, Grady could command the mignonette-box which bloomed in Bows’s window.
As he was going home to the palace, he met an old woman leading a golden goose.
To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
The guide was able to lead the tourists through the jungle safely.
I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.
1664, Robert South, “(please specify the sermon number)A Sermon Preached Before the University at Christ-Church, Oxon”, in Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions.[…], new edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London:[…]Thomas Tegg,[…], published 1843, →OCLC:
Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places.
The spelling has been modernized.
To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
You remember[…]the life he used to lead his wife and daughter.
(intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.
All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism. That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition. It is therefore dealing with pollution in two ways—suppression and mitigation.
The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.
(countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
to take the lead
to be under the lead of another
1796, Edmund Burke, A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks Made upon Him and His Pension,[…], 10th edition, London:[…] J. Owen,[…], and F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington,[…], →OCLC:
At the time I speak of, and having a momentary lead, […] I am sure I did my country important service.
(countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
the white horse had the lead.
to be in the lead
She lost the lead.
Smith managed to extend her lead over the second place to half a second.
A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
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.
Usage note: When used alone it means outside lead, or lead for the admission of steam. Inside lead refers to the release or exhaust.
(civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
(horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
Hypothesis that has not been pursued
The investigation stalled when all leads turned out to be dead ends.
Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
The police have a couple of leads they will follow to solve the case.
(marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
Joe is a great addition to our sales team, he has numerous leads in the paper industry.
Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
(curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
(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.)
An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
(engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position.
2006, Ronald Mak, The Martian Principles for Successful Enterprise Systems:
For the first time ever, the senior architect and lead developer for a key enterprise system on NASA's ongoing Mars Exploration Rover mission shares the secrets to one of the most difficult technology tasks […]
Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand's ex-prime minister, has missed a verdict in a negligence trial that could have seen her jailed, prompting the Supreme Court to say it will issue an arrest warrant fearing she is a flight risk, according to the lead judge in the case.
Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb,or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. lefogadni.
Archaic Preterit
Indef.
leadék
leadál
leada
leadánk
leadátok
leadának
Def.
leadám
leadád
leadá
leadánk
leadátok
leadák
2nd-p. o.
leadálak
―
Archaic Past
Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala(volt),e.g. leadvala, leadottvala/volt.
Archaic Future
Indef.
leadandok
leadandasz
leadand
leadandunk
leadandotok
leadandanak
Def.
leadandom
leadandod
leadandja
leadandjuk
leadandjátok
leadandják
2nd-p. o.
leadandalak
―
Conditional mood
Present
Indef.
leadnék
leadnál
leadna
leadnánk
leadnátok
leadnának
Def.
leadnám
leadnád
leadná
leadnánk (orleadnók)
leadnátok
leadnák
2nd-p. o.
leadnálak
―
Past
Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. leadottvolna
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem ad le or le is ad.
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1stpersonsg
2ndpersonsg informal
3rdpersonsg, 2ndp.sgformal
1stpersonpl
2ndpersonpl informal
3rdpersonpl, 2ndp.plformal
Indicative mood
Present
Indef.
leadhatok
leadhatsz
leadhat
leadhatunk
leadhattok
leadhatnak
Def.
leadhatom
leadhatod
leadhatja
leadhatjuk
leadhatjátok
leadhatják
2nd-p. o.
leadhatlak
―
Past
Indef.
leadhattam
leadhattál
leadhatott
leadhattunk
leadhattatok
leadhattak
Def.
leadhattam
leadhattad
leadhatta
leadhattuk
leadhattátok
leadhatták
2nd-p. o.
leadhattalak
―
Archaic Preterit
Indef.
leadhaték
leadhatál
leadhata
leadhatánk
leadhatátok
leadhatának
Def.
leadhatám
leadhatád
leadhatá
leadhatánk
leadhatátok
leadhaták
2nd-p. o.
leadhatálak
―
Archaic Past
Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. leadhatvala, leadhatottvala/volt.
Archaic Future
Indef.
leadhatandok or leadandhatok
leadhatandasz or leadandhatsz
leadhatand or leadandhat
leadhatandunk or leadandhatunk
leadhatandotok or leadandhattok
leadhatandanak or leadandhatnak
Def.
leadhatandom or leadandhatom
leadhatandod or leadandhatod
leadhatandja or leadandhatja
leadhatandjuk or leadandhatjuk
leadhatandjátok or leadandhatjátok
leadhatandják or leadandhatják
2nd-p. o.
leadhatandalak or leadandhatlak
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Conditional mood
Present
Indef.
leadhatnék
leadhatnál
leadhatna
leadhatnánk
leadhatnátok
leadhatnának
Def.
leadhatnám
leadhatnád
leadhatná
leadhatnánk (orleadhatnók)
leadhatnátok
leadhatnák
2nd-p. o.
leadhatnálak
―
Past
Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. leadhatottvolna
Subjunctive mood
Present
Indef.
leadhassak
leadhassor leadhassál
leadhasson
leadhassunk
leadhassatok
leadhassanak
Def.
leadhassam
leadhasdor leadhassad
leadhassa
leadhassuk
leadhassátok
leadhassák
2nd-p. o.
leadhassalak
―
(Archaic)Past
Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. leadhatottlégyen
Inf.
(leadhatni)
(leadhatnom)
(leadhatnod)
(leadhatnia)
(leadhatnunk)
(leadhatnotok)
(leadhatniuk)
Positive adjective
leadható
Neg. adj.
leadhatatlan
Adv.part.
(leadhatva/ leadhatván)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem adhat le or le is adhat.
leadin Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifthed., 1992: →ISBN