lead

lead
I.
lead
A n
1 (winning position in race, game, poll, quiz) to be in the lead, to have the lead être en tête ; to go into the lead, to take the lead passer en tête ; this gave him the lead ceci lui a permis de passer en tête ; to move into an early lead passer rapidement en tête ; to share the lead se partager la première place ;
2 (amount by which one is winning) avance f (over sur) ; to have a lead of three points/half a lap avoir trois points/un demi-tour de piste d'avance ; to have a six second/three-goal lead avoir six secondes/trois buts d'avance ; to increase one's lead creuser l'écart (by de) ; to increase one's lead in the polls to 20% atteindre une avance de 20% dans les sondages ;
3 (initiative) to take the lead prendre l'initiative ; to take the lead in doing être le premier/la première à faire ; to give a ou the lead donner l'exemple (in doing en faisant) ; to follow sb's lead suivre l'exemple de qn ;
4 (clue) piste f ; to have a number of leads to pursue avoir plusieurs pistes à suivre ; this was our first real lead c'était notre première vraie piste ; to give sb a lead as to mettre qn sur la piste ou la voie de [solution, perpetrator] ;
5 Theat, Cin (role) rôle m principal, premier rôle m ; to play the lead jouer le rôle principal ; who was the male/female lead? qui était l'acteur/l'actrice qui jouait le rôle principal? ;
6 Journ (story) to be the lead être à la une ; to be the lead in all the papers faire la une de tous les journaux ;
7 Elec (wire) fil m ;
8 GB (for dog) laisse f ; on a lead en laisse ; to let the dog off the lead lâcher le chien ;
9 (in cards) it's Nina's lead c'est à Nina de jouer en premier.
B modif [guitarist, guitar] premier/-ière (before n) ; [role, singer] principal ; [article] principal, à la une .
C vtr (prét, pp led)
1 (guide, escort) mener, conduire [person] (to sth à qch ; to sb auprès de qn ; out of hors de ; through à travers) ; to lead sb into the house/into the kitchen mener or conduire qn dans la maison/à la cuisine ; to lead sb up/down mener or conduire qn en haut de/en bas de [hill, staircase] ; to lead sb back ramener or reconduire qn (to à) ; to lead sb away éloigner qn (from de) ; to lead sb across the road faire traverser la rue à qn ; to lead sb to safety/into a trap conduire qn en lieu sûr/dans un piège ;
2 (pull, take by hand or bridle) mener [child, prisoner, horse] (to à ; into dans ; by par) ; to lead sb to his cell conduire qn dans sa cellule ;
3 (bring) [path, route, sign, clue, sound, smell] mener [person] (to à) ; where is this discussion leading us? à quoi cette conversation nous mène-t-elle? ; this leads me to my main point ceci m'amène à mon sujet principal ; to lead the conversation onto amener la conversation sur ;
4 (be leader of) mener [army, team, expedition, attack, strike, revolt, proceedings, procession, parade] ; diriger [orchestra, research] ; to lead sb to victory mener qn à la victoire ; to lead the debate mener les débats ; to lead a congregation in prayer entonner les prières ; to lead the dancing ouvrir le bal ;
5 Sport, Comm (be ahead of) avoir une avance sur [rival, team] ; to be leading sb by 10 metres avoir une avance de 10 mètres sur qn, devancer qn de 10 mètres ; to be leading Liverpool 4-2 mener par 4 buts à 2 dans le match contre Liverpool ; to lead the world être au premier rang mondial ; to lead the field (in commerce, research) être le plus avancé ; (in race) mener, être en tête ; to lead the market être le leader du marché ;
6 (cause, influence) to lead sb to do amener qn à faire ; to lead sb to believe/hope that amener qn à croire /espérer que ; to be led to believe that être amené à croire que ; he led me to expect that d'après ce qu'il m'avait dit je m'attendais à ce que (+ subj) ; what led you to this conclusion? qu'est-ce qui vous a amené à cette conclusion? ; everything leads me to conclude that tout me porte à conclure que ; to be easily led être très influençable ;
7 (conduct, have) mener [active life, lazy life] ; to lead a life of luxury/idleness vivre dans le luxe/l'oisiveté ;
8 Jur to lead a witness interroger un témoin en lui suggérant les réponses ;
9 Games (in cards) jouer [card].
D vi (prét, pp led)
1 (go, be directed) to lead to [path, route] mener à ; [door] s'ouvrir sur ; [exit, trapdoor] donner accès à ; to lead back to ramener à ; to lead off the corridor [passage] partir du couloir ; [door] s'ouvrir sur le couloir ; footsteps led away from the scene des traces de pas partaient du lieu ;
2 (result in) to lead to entraîner [complication, discovery, accident, response] ; it was bound to lead to trouble ça devait mal finir ; one thing led to another, and we… de fil en aiguille, nous… ;
3 (be ahead) [runner, car, company] être en tête ; [team, side] mener ; to lead by three games/15 seconds avoir trois jeux/15 secondes d'avance ; to be leading in the arms race être en tête dans la course aux armements ;
4 (go first) (in walk, procession) aller devant ; (in action, discussion) prendre l'initiative ;
5 (in dancing) conduire ;
6 Jur to lead for être l'avocat principal de [defence, prosecution] ;
7 Journ to lead with mettre [qch] à la une [story, headline, picture] ;
8 (in boxing) to lead with one's left/right attaquer de gauche/de droite ;
9 (in cards) jouer le premier/la première.
Idioms
to lead the way (go first) passer devant ; (guide others) montrer le chemin ; (be ahead, winning) être en tête ; to lead the way up/down/into passer devant pour monter/descendre/entrer dans ; to lead the way in space research être le numéro un dans le domaine de la recherche spatiale.
Phrasal verbs
lead off (begin) commencer (with par).
lead on :
lead [sb] on
1 (give false hope) mener [qn] en bateau [client, investor, searcher] ;
2 (sexually) provoquer ;
3 (influence) influencer.
lead up to :
lead up to [sth]
1 (precede) précéder ; the years leading up to the war les années qui ont précédé la guerre ;
2 (culminate in) se terminer par [argument, outburst] ;
3 (introduce) amener [topic] ; I had a feeling you were leading up to that je sentais que tu voulais en venir là.
II.
lead
A n
1 (metal) plomb m ; white lead céruse f ; red lead minium m ;
2 fig (bullets) pruneaux mpl ;
3 (also black lead) (graphite) mine f de plomb ; (in pencil) mine f ;
4 (on fishing line, in gun cartridge etc) plomb m ;
5 Naut (for sounding) plomb m (de sonde) ;
6 Print interligne f ;
7 Constr (of window) (baguette f de) plomb m ; leads (of windows) plombure f ¢ ;
8 GB (for roofing) couverture f de plomb ¢.
B modif [paint, piping, weight] en or de plomb.
Idioms
to fill ou pump sb full of lead cribler qn de balles ; to get the lead out US (stop loafing) se bouger ; (speed up) se grouiller ; to go over US ou down GB like a lead balloon tomber à plat ; to swing the lead GB tirer au flanc .

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