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  • 11lead — [n1] first place, supremacy advance, advantage, ahead, bulge, cutting edge*, direction, edge, example, facade, front rank, guidance, head, heavy, leadership, margin, model, over, pilot, point, precedence, primacy, principal, priority, protagonist …

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  • 12Lead — Lead, v. i. 1. To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or pre[ e]minence; to be first or chief; used in most of the senses of lead, v. t. [1913 Webster] 2. To …

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  • 13Lead Me On — may refer to:* Lead Me On (album), a 1988 album by Amy Grant ** Lead Me On (song), a song from the album above* Lead Me On , a 1979 hit song by Maxine Nightingale and also the title of its parent album* Lead Me On (Kelly Joe Phelps album) , an… …

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  • 14Lead-In — steht für ein Konzept der Publikumsbindung im Programmablauf, siehe Lead in (Unterhaltungsmedien) bei optischen Datenträgern den Bereich vor den eigentlichen Nutzdaten, siehe Lead in (Datenträger) …

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  • 15Lead — (l[e^]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Leading}.] 1. To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle. [1913 Webster] 2. (Print.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page;… …

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  • 16lead to — v. t. 1. Same as {cause}; as, the roaring stock market led to an increase in the purchase of big ticket items during the 1996 Christmas season. Syn: result in, lead to. [PJC] 2. to be a contributory cause of; as, IBM s inattention to the needs of …

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  • 17Lead — [li:d] das; [s] <aus gleichbed. engl. lead (Bed. 2 u. 3 über amerik. lead) zu to lead »(an)führen«>: 1. die Führungsstimme im Jazzensemble (oft Trompete od. 2Kornett, 2). 2. das Vorauseilen, der Vorsprung bestimmter Werte vor anderen im… …

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  • 18lead on to — ˌlead ˈon to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they lead on to he/she/it leads on to present participle leading on to past tense …

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  • 19lead´en|ly — lead|en «LEHD uhn», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. made of lead: »a leaden coffin. 2. Figurative. heavy; hard to lift or move: »leaden arms tired from working. SYNONYM(S): inert. 3. Figurative. oppressive; …

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  • 20lead|en — «LEHD uhn», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. made of lead: »a leaden coffin. 2. Figurative. heavy; hard to lift or move: »leaden arms tired from working. SYNONYM(S): inert. 3. Figurative. oppressive; …

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