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- From the verb lead: (⇒ conjugate)
- led is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflections
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LED n | initialism (light-emitting diode) (Abk, Anglizismus) | LED Nf |
| (Abk, Anglizismus) | LED- Präf |
| Nancy draped a string of LED lights around the mantel. |
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lead [sb]⇒ vtr | (guide) (Reiseführer) | jemanden führen Vt |
| | jemanden herumführen Vt, sepa |
| The tour guide leads the people through the city. |
| Der Reiseführer führt die Leute durch die Stadt. |
lead [sb] in [sth] vtr + prep | (head) | jemanden führen Vt |
| | jemanden anführen Vt, sepa |
| | jemanden anleiten Vt, sepa |
| | die Leitung übernehmen Rdw |
| The priest leads the congregation in prayer. |
| Der Priester führt die Gebete der Gemeinde an. |
lead [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (command) | jemanden anführen Vt, sepa |
| | jemanden kommandieren Vt |
| | jemandem Befehle erteilen Npl + Vt |
| The general leads his troops well, so they do what he orders. |
| Der General führt seine Truppen so an, dass sie seinen Anordnungen folgen. |
lead [sth]⇒ vtr | (head, manage) | etwas leiten Vt |
| | etwas managen Vt |
| The chief inspector leads the investigation. |
| Der Hauptkommissar leitet die Ermittlungen. |
lead to [sth] vi + prep | (take you to) | zu/in [etw] führen Präp + Vi |
| This road leads to the forest. |
| Die Straße führt in den Wald. |
lead to [sth] vi + prep | figurative (bring about) | zu etwas führen Präp + Vi |
| | etwas zur Folge haben Rdw |
| | etwas nach sich ziehen Rdw |
| The employee's habitual tardiness led to his dismissal. | | Drinking too much alcohol can lead to liver disease. |
lead [sb] to [sth] vtr + prep | (direct) | [jmd] zu [etw] bringen Präp + Vt |
| Lead them to agreement with logical arguments. |
| Bringe sie durch logische Argumente zum Einverständnis! |
lead [sb] to do [sth] v expr | (cause, prompt) | [jmd] zu [etw] bringen Präp + Vt |
| Jennifer's interest in animals led her to becoming a vet. |
| ⓘDieser Satz ist keine Übersetzung des englischen Satzes. Die Überredenskunst seines Bruders brachte Theo zum Kauf des Autos. |
lead [sth] vtr | (go ahead) | etwas führen Vi |
| | etwas anführen Vt, sepa |
| | die Führung übernehmen Rdw |
| The German cyclist is currently leading the race. |
| Der deutsche Radfahrer führt derzeit das Rennen. |
lead [sth] vtr | (live) (Leben) | etwas führen Vt |
| My grandfather led a hard life. |
| Mein Großvater führte ein hartes Leben. |
lead n | (chemistry: element) (Chemie: Element) | Blei Nn |
| The screen was made of lead to prevent X-rays from passing through. |
lead n | (pencil: graphite) (im Bleistift) | Reißblei Nn |
| | Graphit Nn |
| The lead broke on this pencil, so I have to sharpen it. |
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lead adj | (principal) | Haupt- Präf |
| The lead speaker brought the audience to its feet with his wit. | | The lead story in the paper is about the bribery scandal. |
lead adj | (first; in front of others) | führend Adj |
| | an der Spitze Rdw |
| The lead runner was on second base. |
lead adj | (American Football pass: made into space) (Football) | Pass Nm |
| The lead pass arrived at midfield just as the receiver got there. |
lead n | (weight made of lead) | Gewicht Nn |
| | Bleigewicht Nn |
| Pass me those two leads please. I need to weigh this down. |
lead n | informal (shot, bullets) | Kugel Nf |
| (übertragen) | Blei Nn |
| The gangster filled his rival with lead. |
lead n | (printing: line spacing metal) | ein Stück Blei Rdw |
| The typesetter cut a lead to fit the line, and put it in the composing stick. |
lead n | (printing: line space) | Leerzeile Nf |
| Add another lead between those lines, so there will be more separation between them. |
the lead n | (first place) (Erster) | der erste Platz Rdw |
| Ben hadn't trained for the race, so the lead wasn't a position he expected to find himself in. |
lead n | (margin) | in Führung sein Rdw |
| He had a lead of three minutes over the next runner. |
the lead n | (competitor: in front of others) (Wettkampf) | Führender Nm |
| The lead is a Nigerian runner. |
lead n | (clue, indication) | Spur Nf |
| | Hinweis Nm |
| The investigator caught the thief after finding the important lead. |
the lead n | (principal role) | die Hauptrolle Best Art, f + Nf |
| Do you know who is going to play the lead in this movie? The lead in the film was a famous actress. |
lead n | (journalism: introduction) (Journalismus) | Aufmacher Nm |
| The article's lead stated all the main facts. |
lead n | (example) | Beispiel Nn |
| Follow my lead, and you will be a success. |
lead n | (leadership) | Führung Nf |
| | Leitung Nf |
| The whole team followed his lead. |
lead n | (cards: playing first) (Kartenspiel) | als Erster legen Rdw |
| John took the lead and played first. |
lead n | (cards: right to play first) (ugs: Kartenspiel) | dran sein Adv + Vi |
| | Reihe Nf |
| It is your lead. Go ahead and play. |
lead n | (cards: suit played first) (Kartenspiel) | zuerst gespielte Karte Rdw |
| | zuerst gespielte Farbe Rdw |
| The lead was an ace of hearts. |
lead n | (electricity: connecting wire) (Elektrotechnik) | Leitung Nf |
| | Draht Nm |
| First, connect the red lead to the brown connector. |
lead n | (head start) | Führung Nf |
| | Vorsprung Nm |
| The hunter gave the target a lead of about a metre. |
lead n | UK (leash for a dog) | Leine, Hundeleine Nf |
| Dogs must be kept on a lead at all times in this park. |
lead n | (business: potential customer) | Neukunde Nm |
| | Interessent Nm |
| | Interessentin Nf |
| Max uses social media to generate leads for his business. |
lead n | (business: opportunity) | Gewinnung von Neukunden Rdw |
| (Anglizismus) | Lead Nm |
| Rita, who works in Sales, spends her day on the phone chasing up leads. |
lead n | (horse leg placement at canter) | Außengalopp Nm |
| | Handgalopp, Innengalopp Nm |
| | Kreuzgalopp Nm |
| If your horse begins to tire, changing the lead to its right leg may help. |
lead, lead line, US also: lead rope n | (horse: rope for leading) | Führleine Nf |
| | Führstrick Nm |
| The rider attached the lead to the horse's halter. |
lead⇒ vi | (go first) | vorgehen Vi, sepa |
| | vorausgehen Vi, sepa |
| (gehoben) | vorangehen Vi, sepa |
| If you lead, I'll follow. |
lead vi | (be ahead of others) (vor den anderen sein) | führen Vi |
| The runner leads by thirty metres. |
lead vi | (take the offensive) (z.B. beim Boxen) | führen Vt |
| | in die Offensive gehen Rdw |
| The boxer led with his left fist. |
lead vi | (guide dance partner) (Tanzen) | führen Vi |
| I don't know this dance. You will have to lead. |
lead [sth]⇒ vtr | (influence) | beeinflussen Vt |
| The president is able to lead public opinion with his comments to the press. |
lead [sth] vtr | (cards: play first) (Kartenspiel) | zuerst spielen Adv + Vt |
| | zuerst rauslegen Adv + Vt, sepa |
| He led an ace of hearts. |
lead [sth] vtr | (aim a gun) (Waffe) | auf [etw] zielen Präp + Vi |
| Lead the target by a foot or two. |
lead [sb]⇒ vtr | (throw ball ahead of [sb]) (Sport) | einen Ball weit werfen Rdw |
| Don't throw the ball where he is, you need to lead him by throwing ahead of him. |
lead [sb] vtr | (hold advantage over) | in Führung sein Rdw |
| He led the other runner by 30 meters. |
lead [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (music: conduct a group) (Musik) | dirigieren Vi |
| The conductor has led this orchestra for two years. |
lead [sth]⇒ vtr | (cards: play first) (Kartenspiel) | zuerst dran sein, zuerst an der Reihe sein Rdw |
| | anfangen Vi, sepa |
| You lead this hand. Throw your card. |
lead [sb]⇒ vtr | (dance partner: guide) (Tanzen) | führen Vt |
| He gracefully lead his partner in the waltz. |
lead [sb] to [sth] vtr + prep | (prompt to mention) | jmdn zu [etw] führen Präp + Vt |
| | jmdn zu [etw] bringen Präp + Vt |
| All of which leads me to my next point, which is that the project cannot possibly be completed on time. |
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lead [sth/sb] away vtr phrasal sep | (guide elsewhere) | jemanden wegführen Vt, sepa |
| | jemanden wegleiten Vt, sepa |
| | jemanden abführen Vt, sepa |
| A police officer put the man in handcuffs and led him away. |
lead [sth/sb] back vtr phrasal sep | (show way to original location) | jemandem den Weg zurück zeigen Rdw |
| | jemanden zurückbringen Vt, sepa |
| I've forgotten the way to the hotel: could someone lead me back, please? |
lead into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (be prelude to) | zu etwas führen Präp + Vi |
| | etwas einleiten Vt, sepa |
| Opening titles lead into a movie. |
lead off vi phrasal | (baseball: begin) (Sport allgemein) | [etw] eröffnen Vt |
lead off vi phrasal | US, figurative (begin a meeting) (übertragen) | einläuten Vt, sepa |
| | anfangen Vi, sepa |
| | einleiten Vt, sepa |
| Let's lead off by introducing ourselves. |
lead off from [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (room, etc.: adjoin) | zu [etw] führen Präp + Vi |
| | direkt neben [etw] sein Rdw |
| | anschließen Vi, sepa |
| The couple have a downstairs bedroom, which leads off from the living room. |
lead off into [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (room, path, etc.: continue into) | in [etw] übergehen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | zu [etw] führen Präp + Vi |
| The path on the left leads off into the woods. |
lead on vi phrasal | (go first, show the way) | vorgehen Vi, sepa |
| | vorausgehen Vi, sepa |
| "Lead on!" she said, and I showed her along the corridor. |
| "Geh vor!", sagte sie und ich führte sie den Flur entlang. |
lead [sb] on vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (mislead) (Slang, vulgär) | jemanden verarschen Vt |
| (übertragen) | jemanden an der Nase herumführen Rdw |
| | jemandem etwas vormachen Vt, sepa |
| I thought he loved me, but he was just leading me on. |
| Ich dachte, er würde mich lieben, doch er hat mich nur verarscht. |
lead on to [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (progress to) | zu [etw] führen Präp + Vi |
| | [etw] zur Folge haben Rdw |
| | [etw] mit sich bringen Rdw |
| We hope that this early success will lead on to further triumphs. |
lead [sb] out vtr phrasal sep | (guide to the exit) | jemanden zum Ausgang begleiten Rdw |
| | jemanden hinausführen Vt, sepa |
| | jemanden herausführen Vt, sepa |
lead up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (events: come before) | zu etwas führen Präp + Vi |
| | in etwas resultieren Präp + Vi |
| | aus etwas hervorgehen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| The days leading up to the wedding were so busy, with many details to finalise. |
lead up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (events: culminate in) | auf [etw] hinausführen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | zu [etw] führen Präp + Vt |
| | zu [etw] kommen Präp + Vi |
| In court, the police officer recounted the events leading up to the defendant's arrest. |
lead up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (introduce: a subject) | zu etwas übergehen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| The speaker led up to the topic by telling the audience about some of the historical background. | | Tessa kept beating about the bush and her brothers wondered what she was leading up to. |
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Wörterbuch v2 Englisch-Deutsch © WordReference.com 2019: „LED“: abbreviation LED abbreviation | Abkürzungabk electrical engineering | Elektrotechnik und ElektrizitätELEK (= light-emitting diode)
LED → LED
Wörterbuch v1 Englisch-Deutsch © WordReference.com 2012: lead1 [liːd]- I s
- 1. Führung f, Leitung f: under sb’s lead
- 2. Führung f, Spitze f:
be in the lead, have the lead an der Spitze stehen, führen(d sein), SPORT etc in Führung oder vorn liegen; take the lead a) auch SPORT die Führung übernehmen, sich an die Spitze setzen, b) die Initiative ergreifen, c) vorangehen, neue Wege weisen
- 3. besonders SPORT
a) Führung f: have a two-goal lead mit zwei Toren führen b) Vorsprung m: one minute’s lead eine Minute Vorsprung (over sb vor jemandem)
- 4. Vorbild n, Beispiel n:
give sb a lead jemandem mit gutem Beispiel vorangehen; follow sb’s lead jemandes Beispiel folgen
- 5. Hinweis m, Fingerzeig m, Anhaltspunkt m, Spur f: the police have several leads
- 6. KART
a) Vorhand f: your lead! Sie spielen aus! b) zuerst ausgespielte Karte
- 7. THEAT
a) Hauptrolle f b) Hauptdarsteller(in)
- 8. MUS
a) Eröffnung f, Auftakt m b) Jazz etc: Lead n, Führungsstimme f (Trompete etc)
- 9. Zeitung:
a) → lead story b) (zusammenfassende) Einleitung
- 10. (Hunde)Leine f
- 11. ELEK
a) Leiter m b) (Zu)Leitung f c) auch phase lead Voreilung f
- 12. TECH Steigung f (eines Gewindes)
- II v/t [irr]
- 1. führen:
lead the way vorangehen; this is leading us nowhere das bringt uns nicht weiter; → nose Bes. Redewendungen
- 2. jemanden führen, bringen (to nach, zu) (auch Straße etc); → temptation
- 3. (an)führen, an der Spitze stehen von, auch Orchester etc leiten, Armee führen oder befehligen:
lead the field SPORT das Feld anführen, vorn liegen
- 4. jemanden dazu bringen, bewegen, verleiten (to do sth etwas zu tun):
this led me to believe das machte mich glauben (, dass)
- 5.
a) ein behagliches etc Leben führen b) jemandem ein elendes etc Leben bereiten: lead sb a dog’s life jemandem das Leben zur Hölle machen
- 6. Karte, Farbe etc aus-, anspielen
- 7. Kabel etc führen, legen
- III v/i [irr]
- 1. führen:
a) vorangehen, den Weg weisen (auch fig) b) die erste Stelle einnehmen c) SPORT in Führung liegen (by mit 7 Metern etc): lead by points nach Punkten führen
- 2.
lead to a) führen oder gehen zu oder nach (Straße etc), b) fig führen zu: this is leading nowhere das führt zu nichts
- 3. KART ausspielen (with sth etwas): who leads?
- 4. Boxen: angreifen (mit der Linken oder Rechten):
he leads with his right auch seine Führungshand ist die Rechte, er ist Rechtsausleger; lead with one’s chin fig das Schicksal herausfordern
lead2 [led]I s II v/t
- 1. verbleien
- 2. mit Blei beschweren
- 3. TYPO durchschießen
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