Main vs. Lead: Know the Difference
By Shumaila Saeed || Published on January 21, 2024
Main refers to the most important or primary aspect of something, while Lead often implies being in charge or having a guiding role.
Key Differences
Main signifies the principal or most important part of something, central in importance or size. Lead, in contrast, typically means to guide or be in the front position, setting direction or example.
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In terms of priority, Main holds the core significance in its context, serving as the focal point. Lead is about taking initiative, guiding others, or being in a position of influence or command.
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The role of Main is static, denoting importance or centrality in a situation or structure. Lead implies action and movement, suggesting a dynamic role of guiding or directing.
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Main is often used in a structural or hierarchical context, indicating the primary component. Lead implies a temporal or sequential precedence, often associated with initiating action or process.
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Main conveys the idea of dominance or major significance in a given context. Lead often involves the notion of a journey or path, with someone taking charge to navigate or direct.
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Comparison Chart
Action vs. Static Nature
Static, holding a central position
Dynamic, involving movement
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Main and Lead Definitions
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Main
Exerted to the utmost; sheer
"They took her off the sled by main strength" (Jack London).
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(Obsolete) Of or relating to a continuous area or stretch, as of land or water.
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Lead
To guide the behavior or opinion of; induce
Led us to believe otherwise.
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Main
The principal pipe or conduit in a system for conveying water, gas, oil, or other utility.
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Lead
To play a principal or guiding role in
Lead a discussion.
Led the antiwar movement.
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Lead
To go or be at the head of
The queen led the procession. My name led the list.
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Lead
To be foremost in or among
Led the field in nuclear research.
Led her teammates in free throws.
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Main
The main dish of a meal
"Unsurprisingly, the mains and their house-made condiments were the standouts of a recent meal" (Lindsey Tramuta).
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Main
Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
Main timbers
Main branch of a river
Main body of an army
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Lead
(Sports) To pass a ball or puck ahead of (a moving teammate) so that the player can receive the pass without changing direction or losing speed.
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(nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
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Main
(obsolete) Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.
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Main
To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game.
He mains the same character as me in that game.
What race do you main and what is your favourite race to beat?
For new players, I recommend maining the dagger and using the axe as a backup weapon.
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Lead
To afford a passage, course, or route
A road that leads over the mountains.
A door leading to the pantry.
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Lead
To tend toward a certain goal or result
A remark that led to further discussion.
Policies that led to disaster.
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Main
That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
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(video gaming) The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character.
My WoW main has reached level cap and I’m on my way getting my first alt there as well.
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Lead
To begin a presentation or account in a given way
The announcer led with the day's top stories.
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Main
A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
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Main
(informal) dish]] of a meal
I had scampi and chips for my main and a slice of cheesecake for dessert.
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Lead
(Baseball) To advance or stand a few paces away from one's base toward the next while the pitcher prepares to deliver a pitch. Used of a base runner.
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Lead
(Sports) To begin an attack in boxing with a specified hand or punch
Led with a right to the body.
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Main
The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.
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Lead
The margin by which one holds a position of advantage or superiority
Held a lead of nine points at the half.
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Lead
Information pointing toward a possible solution; a clue
Followed a promising lead in the murder case.
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Main
The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
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Lead
An example; a precedent
Followed his sister's lead in running for office.
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Lead
The principal role in a film, play, show, or other scripted production.
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Main
Strength; force; might; violent effort.
There were in this battle of most might and main.
He 'gan advance,With huge force, and with importable main.
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Main
The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.
Resolved to rest upon the title of Lancaster as the main, and to use the other two . . . but as supporters.
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Lead
The introductory portion of a news story, especially the first sentence.
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Main
The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.
With might and main they chased the murderous fox.
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Lead
The prerogative or turn to make the first play
The lead passes to the player on the left.
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Main
Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.; as, the main reason to go; the main proponent.
Our main interest is to be happy as we can.
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Lead
(Baseball) An amount of space that a base runner moves or stands away from one base in the direction of the next while the pitcher prepares to deliver a pitch.
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Main
Important; necessary.
That which thou arightBelievest so main to our success, I bring.
That Maine which by main force Warwick did win.
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Lead
(Sports) A blow in boxing that begins a series or exchange of punches.
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Main
A principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
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Main
Most important element;
The chief aim of living
The main doors were of solid glass
The principal rivers of America
The principal example
Policemen were primary targets
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Lead
(Electronics) A conductor by which one circuit element is electrically connected to another.
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Main
Of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;
The main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb
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Lead
Symbol Pb A soft, malleable, ductile, bluish-white, dense metallic element, extracted chiefly from galena and used in containers and pipes for corrosives, solder and type metal, bullets, radiation shielding, paints, glass, storage batteries, and antiknock compounds. Atomic number 82; atomic weight 207.2; melting point 327.5°C; boiling point 1,749°C; specific gravity 11.35; valence 2, 4. See Periodic Table.
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Lead
Any of various, often graphitic compositions used as the writing substance in pencils.
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Lead
(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).
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Lead
A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
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A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
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Lead
Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.
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Lead
(countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils. Category:en:Carbon
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Lead
(countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
To take the lead
To be under the lead of another
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Lead
(countable) 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.
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.
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Lead
(baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
The runner took his lead from first.
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Lead
The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
Your partner has the lead
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Lead
(business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
John is the development lead on this software product.
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Lead
A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
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Lead
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.
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Lead
(civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
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Lead
(horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
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Lead
Hypothesis that has not been pursued
The investigation stalled when all leads turned out to be dead ends.
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Lead
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.
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Lead
(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.
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Lead
Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
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Lead
(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.)
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Lead
An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
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Lead
(engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
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Lead
(music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
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(music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
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Lead
(music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
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Lead
(engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
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Lead
(electrical) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
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Lead
(electrical) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
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Lead
(transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
Continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
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Lead
To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
A father leads a child
A jockey leads a horse with a halter
A dog leads a blind man
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Lead
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.
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Lead
(figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct
A good teacher should lead their students to the right answer.
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To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
To lead a political party
To lead the search team
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Lead
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).
The evidence leads me to believe he is guilty.
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Lead
(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.
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Lead
(transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
The big sloop led the fleet of yachts;
The Guards led the attack;
Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages
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Lead
(intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
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(transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
To lead someone to a righteous cause
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Lead
(intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
The path leads to the mill;
Gambling leads to other vices
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Lead
(not comparable) Foremost.
The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position.
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Lead
Main, principal, primary, first, chief, foremost.
The lead guitarist in band
The lead developer on a software project
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Lead
One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible (melting point 327.5° C), forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82. Atomic weight, 207.2. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide.
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Lead
An article made of lead or an alloy of lead
I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top.
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Lead
The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.
At the time I speak of, and having a momentary lead, . . . I am sure I did my country important service.
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Lead
Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat's length, or of half a second.
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Lead
The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead.
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Lead
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.
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Lead
The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
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Lead
The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
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Lead
In an internal-combustion engine, the distance, measured in actual length of piston stroke or the corresponding angular displacement of the crank, of the piston from the end of the compression stroke when ignition takes place; - called in full lead of the ignition. When ignition takes place during the working stroke the corresponding distance from the commencement of the stroke is called negative lead.
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Lead
The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
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Lead
In spiral screw threads, worm wheels, or the like, the amount of advance of any point in the spiral for a complete turn.
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Lead
The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
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Lead
A role for a leading man or leading woman; also, one who plays such a role.
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Lead
An electrical conductor, typically as an insulated wire or cable, connecting an electrical device to another device or to a power source, such as a conductor conveying electricity from a dynamo.
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Lead
The distance a runner on base advances from one base toward the next before the pitch; as, the long lead he usually takes tends to distract the pitchers.
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Lead
To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
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Lead
To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.
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Lead
To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact or connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.
If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in the ditch.
They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill.
In thy right hand lead with theeThe mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.
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Lead
To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or going in advance of.
The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way.
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask.Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
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Lead
To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party.
Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places.
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Lead
To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages.
As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way.
And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
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Lead
To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause.
He was driven by the necessities of the times, more than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of actions.
Silly women, laden with sins, led away by divers lusts.
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Lead
To guide or conduct one's self 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).
That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life.
Nor thou with shadowed hint confuseA life that leads melodious days.
You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife and daughter.
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Lead
To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
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Lead
To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices.
The mountain foot that leads towards Mantua.
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Lead
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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Lead
An advantage held by a competitor in a race;
He took the lead at the last turn
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Lead
Evidence pointing to a possible solution;
The police are following a promising lead
The trail led straight to the perpetrator
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Lead
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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Lead
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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Lead
The introductory section of a story;
It was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter
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Lead
(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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Lead
An indication of potential opportunity;
He got a tip on the stock market
A good lead for a job
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Lead
The timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
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Lead
Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
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Lead
Mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
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Lead
A jumper that consists of a short piece of wire;
It was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads
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Lead
The playing of a card to start a trick in bridge;
The lead was in the dummy
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Lead
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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Lead
Result in;
The water left a mark on the silk dress
Her blood left a stain on the napkin
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Lead
Tend to or result in;
This remark lead to further arguments among the guests
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Lead
Travel in front of; go in advance of others;
The procession was headed by John
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Lead
Cause to undertake a certain action;
Her greed led her to forge the checks
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Lead
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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Lead
Be conducive to;
The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing
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Lead, as in the performance of a composition;
Conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years
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Lead, extend, or afford access;
This door goes to the basement
The road runs South
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Cause something to pass or lead somewhere;
Run the wire behind the cabinet
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Repeatedly Asked Queries
What does "main" signify in a sentence?
It denotes the primary or most important element.
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Can "main" and "lead" be used interchangeably?
No, they have distinct meanings and contexts.
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What does it mean to "lead a team"?
To be in charge of or guide a group of people.
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Can "lead" imply a negative connotation?
Yes, if it involves misleading or improper guidance.
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What is a "main character" in a story?
The most important or central character in a narrative.
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Is "main" used only in physical contexts?
No, it can refer to abstract concepts like ideas or themes.
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How does "main" relate to importance?
It signifies something of greatest significance.
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What does "taking the lead" imply?
It means assuming a guiding or dominant position.
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How is "main" used in terms of priority?
It indicates the highest priority or importance.
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How is "lead" used in a context of guidance?
It means to guide or direct others.
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Is "main" used in technical contexts?
Yes, like the main circuit in electronics.
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What distinguishes "main" from "secondary"?
Main is of primary importance, while secondary is less so.
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Can "main" refer to a physical location?
Yes, like the main hall of a building.
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What is a "lead role" in a play?
It's the most important or central character.
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Jan 21, 2024
Does "lead" always involve a group?
Not necessarily, it can involve leading oneself or ideas.
Shumaila Saeed
Jan 21, 2024
How does "lead" relate to innovation?
It often involves pioneering or initiating new ideas.
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Jan 21, 2024
Can "main" be synonymous with "largest"?
In some contexts, like the main portion of a meal.
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Jan 21, 2024
Can "lead" be passive?
No, it's an active role involving guidance or direction.
Shumaila Saeed
Jan 21, 2024
Can "main" change depending on context?
Yes, what is main can vary in different situations.
Shumaila Saeed
Jan 21, 2024
Is "lead" always about people?
No, it can refer to leading concepts or initiatives.
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Jan 21, 2024
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