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# led

«led» in Mova's school dictionary: **Showed the way by going in front (she led us to the park)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past and past participle of «lead»: lead, leads, led, leading)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Showed the way by going in front (she led us to the park). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/led/#m1)

2) Was in charge of a group or team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/led/#m2)

3) Was winning or in first place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/led/#m3)

4) Caused something to happen (led to). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/led/#m4)

5) Went in a certain direction (the path led to the river). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/led/#m5)

6) Lived a certain kind of life (led a happy life). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/led/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

Common in stories, history (who led the army) and sport (led by 2 goals). In maths, a team that led by 3 points was 3 points ahead. Phrases: «led to», «led by», «led the way», «be led astray».

### examples

- The guide led us through the cave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/led/#x1)
- Our captain led the team to victory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/led/#x2)
- At half time, our team led by two goals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/led/#x3)
- The path led down to the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/led/#x4)
- Too much sugar led to a toothache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/led/#x5)
- She led a busy life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/led/#x6)
- The parade was led by a marching band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/led/#x7)
- She now led Gerda into the flower-garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/led/#x8)

### note

Homophone trap: «led» (past of «lead») sounds like «lead» the metal (Pb), but the metal is spelled «lead». Write «she led», never «she lead» for the past. In maths: «led by 5» = ahead by 5 (difference between scores is 5).

### In the corpora

- [Ring-tailed lemurs live in groups of about 6 to 30 led by females, who get first choice of food.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/127-madagascar-real-lemurs/5/)
- [Orca groups are led by old grandmothers who can live 80 or even 90 years and remember where salmon are in bad years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs/9/)
- [An elephant family is led by its oldest female, the matriarch, who remembers water holes, paths and dangers over decades.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth/1/)
- [The Otter, who knew all the paths, took charge of the party and led them home.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood/33/)
- [Zoo barriers keep people far enough away that an animal cannot reach them; climbing over one has led to serious injuries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «led» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/led/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.