lead /li:d. led/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) an advantage held by a competitor in a race
• (n.) a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
• (n.) evidence pointing to a possible solution

Chinese translation

• n. 铅, 铅条, 领导, 超前量, 领引, 榜样, 主角, 导线
• vt. 引导, 带领, 领导, 指挥, 致使, 加铅于, 用铅包
• vi. 领导, 带头, 导致, 用测深锤测深, 被铅覆盖

Word details

Part of speech

verb / noun

Pronunciation

/li:d. led/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL

Frequency

Zipf 5.2 · Common

Word forms

led, leading, leads

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leading · leader · leadership

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