lead-in

/ˈliːdɪn/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈliːdɪn/

leadin

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

lead - in -> lead in

Myanmar meaning

မိတ်ဆက်ခြင်း။ အဖွင့်။

Full entry

lead¹ / li:d / v (pt, pp led /led /)

၁။ (က) ဦးဆောင် လမ်းပြသည်။ lead a guest to his room ❍ He led us out into the garden.
(ခ) တွဲခေါ်သည်။ ခေါ်ငင် သည်။ ဦးတည်ပေးသည်။ lead a blind man across the road ❍ She led the horse back into the stable. ❍ In ballroom dancing the man leads. ❍ (fig ) I tried to lead the discussion back to the main issue.
၂။ (က) ဦးတည်သည်။ A path led up the hill. (ခ) ဆက်သွယ် ထားသည်။ a wire leading to a speaker ❍ the pipe leading from the water tank. (ဂ) ဦးတည်ခေါ်ဆောင်သည်။ The track led us alongside a wood.
၃။ ~ sb (to sth ) ဆောင် ယူသည်။ သွေးဆောင်သည်။ ဆိုက်ရောက်စေသည်။ He’s too easily led. သူသည် နားယောင်လွယ်လွန်းသည်။ ❍ What led you to this conclusion? ဘာကြောင့် ဒီလိုဆုံးဖြတ်ရတာလဲ။ ❍ Don’t let him lead you astray (ie tempt you to do wrong). သူသွေးဆောင်ရာမပါ ပါစေနှင့်။ ❍ The evidence leads me to believe that she’s lying. သူညာနေကြောင်း အထောက်အထားများက သက်သေခံနေသည်။ ❍ This has led scientists to speculate on the existence of other galaxies.
၄။ နေထိုင်သည်။ lead a miserable existence / a life of luxury / a double life.
၅။ ~ (sb/sth) (in sth ) ဦးဆောင်သည်။ lead the world in cancer research ❍ The champion is leading (his nearest rival) by 18 seconds.
၆။ ခေါင်းဆောင်သည်။ ဦးဆောင်သည်။ lead an army/ an expedition / a strike ❍ lead a discussion ❍ lead the carol singing ❍ Who will lead the party in the next election?
၇။ (ဖဲဝိုင်းတွင်) စကစားသည်။ (ဖဲချပ်ကို) စချသည်။ It's your turn to lead. ❍ lead trumps / the two of clubs.
n
၁။ [U, sing] ခေါင်းဆောင်မှု။ ရှေ့ဆောင်လမ်းပြမှု။ He’s the chief troublemaker; the others just follow his lead. ❍ take a / the lead in trying to end the dispute ❍ People expect the Church to give more of a lead on moral issues.
၂။ [sing] ~ (over sb/sth) ဦးဆောင်နေခြင်း။ have a lead of three metres / two lengths / half a lap (over a rival) ❍ The company has built up a substantial lead in laser technology.
၃။ the lead [sing] ~ (over sb/sth) ထိပ်ဆုံး။ ဦးဆောင်မှု။ move/go into the lead ❍ take (over) the lead (from sb)/ lose the lead (to sb) ❍ a company regaining the lead over its competitors.
၄။ [C usu sing ] အဓိကအခန်း။ ဦးဆောင်။ play the lead in the new Broadway hit ❍ the lead guitarist of the group.
၅။ [C usu sing ] (ဖဲဝိုင်းတွင်) ဦးဆုံးအလှည့်။ Whose lead is it?
၆။ [C] သဲလွန်စ။ The police are investigating an important new lead.
၇။ (also esp US leash) [C] လည်ပတ်ကြိုး။ Dogs must be kept on a lead in the park.
၈။ [C] လျှပ်စစ်ဝိုင်ယာကြိုး။ ❍ CAR
❏ get (sb) / go / lead sb nowhere [IDM ] ယောင်လည်လည် ဖြစ်သည်။ ဟိုမရောက် ဒီမရောက် ဖြစ်သည်။ He was getting nowhere with his homework until I helped him. ❍ £ 20 goes nowhere (ie does not buy much) these days when you're feeding a family. ❍ This discussion is leading us nowhere.
❏ lead sb by the nose [IDM ] နဖားကြိုးတပ်သည်။
❏ lead sb a (merry) dance [IDM ] လမ်းမှားရောက်အောင် သွေးဆောင်မြှူဆွယ်သည်။
❏ lead-in n နိဒါန်းပျိုးခြင်း။ He told an amusing story as a lead-in to the serious part of his speech.
❏ lead off (from) sth [PHRV ] ဖြာထွက်သည်။ alley-ways leading off (from) the main square.
❏ lead (sth) off [PHRV ] စ(လှမ်း)သည်။ The first couple leads off to the right (ie in a dance).
❏ lead sb on [PHRV ] (infml ) နှစ်ပေါက်တစ်ပေါက် ရိုက်သည်။ The salesman tried to lead me on with talk of amazing savings on heating bills.
❏ lead story n ခေါင်းကြီးပိုင်း။ မျက်နှာဖုံးသတင်း။
❏ lead sb to the altar (dated or joc ) [IDM ] လက်ထပ် သည်။
❏ lead to sth [PHRV ] အကျိုးဖြစ်စေနိုင်သည်။ Eating too much fat can lead to heart disease. အဆီအလွန်အကျွံ စားခြင်းဖြင့် နှလုံးရောဂါရနိုင်သည်။ ❍ They were instantly attracted — one thing led to another and they got married. မြင်မြင်ချင်း သူတို့ ချစ်ကြိုက်သွားကြသည်။ အစရှိ အနောင်နောင်ဆိုသလို နောက်ဆုံးတော့ သူတို့ ညားသွားကြသည်။
❏ lead up to sth [PHRV ] (အကျိုးဆက် ဖြစ်ပေါ်စေရန်) အစပျိုးသည်။ the events leading up to the strike.
❏ lead sb up the garden path [IDM ] လိမ်ညာ လှည့်ဖြား သည်။ တစ်ပတ်ရိုက်သည်။
❏ lead the way (to/in sth) [IDM ] ရှေ့ဆောင်လမ်းပြသည်။ lead the way in space research ❍ You lead the way and I'll follow you.
❏ lead with sth [PHRV ]
၁။ (journalism ) …သတင်းကို ခေါင်းတည်သည်။ We'll lead with the royal wedding.
၂။ (လက်ဝှေ့တွင်)… လက်သီးဖြင့် စထိုးသည်။ lead with one’s right / left.

lead² / led / n

၁။ [U] (symb Pb ) ခဲသတ္တု။
၂။ [C, U] ခဲတံ၏ ခဲဆံ။
❏ leaded / 'ledÇd / adj (က) ခဲဖြင့်ဖုံးထားသော၊ ကွပ်ထား သော။ a leaded roof / window.
(ခ) ခဲသတ္တုပါသော(ဓာတ်ဆီ)။ Compare UNLEADED
❏ leaded light n (usu pl ) ခဲဘောင်ကွပ် မှန်ကွက်။
❏ leaden / 'ledn / adj
၁။ ထိုင်းမှိုင်း၊ လေးလံ၊ လေးတွဲ့သော။ a leaden heart ❍ moving at a leaden pace.
၂။ မီးခိုးမှိုင်းရောင်။ leaden skies / clouds.
၃။ (dated ) အတွင်း၌ ခဲဖြင့်ပြီးသော။ a leaden coffin.
❏ lead-free adj ခဲမပါသော (ဓာတ်ဆီ)။

More examples

Leading the mourners were his widow and 14-year-old daughter.
She led us down the hill.
[lead someone into something] : He led his men into battle.
After showing us the dining room, the estate agent led us into the kitchen.
[lead the way] : Sheila turned and led the way downstairs.
She took the boy by the hand and led him from the room.
Dismounting, I led the horse by the reins back to the stable.
The road leads west for three miles then turns south.
We followed a dirt track leading through the woods.
The pipe leads from the water heater to the bathroom upstairs.
A narrow alleyway leading off the High Street
This door leads you to a large entrance hall.
The polls show Labour leading with only 10 days left until the election.
[lead someone by something] : France was leading England at half time by 3 goals to 2.
[lead the field] : Johnson led the field throughout the final day of the rally.
[lead the world (in something)] : They lead the world in oil production.
[lead the field] : Spain still leads the field as the top British holiday destination.
She led the software development team during the project.
I asked Ned to lead the discussion.
[lead something away from something] : She kept trying to lead the conversation away from personal matters.
[lead someone to do something] : He said differences over foreign policy had led him to resign.
I had been led to believe that the job was mine if I wanted it.
[lead a good/happy/busy/quiet etc life] : He had always led a quiet life until he met Emma.
[lead with] : She led with the eight of spades.

Synonyms

guide, show the way, direct, escort, pilot, go in front, go ahead, front, head, conduct, accompany, advance, advantage, affect, ahead, attend, be ahead, be in charge of, be in front, be in the lead, be responsible for, be the forerunner, blaze a trail, bring, bring on, bulge, call the shots, cause, central, chain, chaperone, chief, clue, coerce, come first, command, compel, conduce, contribute, control, convert, convey, convoy, cutting edge, direction, dispose, draw, drive, edge, evidence, example, exceed, excel, facade, find a way, first place, flying start, force, front rank, frontrunner, get, get the jump on, go along with, go out in front, govern, groundbreaker, guard, guidance, guide physically, halter, have an advantage, head start, heavy, helm, hint, impel, incline, indicate, indication, induce, information, introduce, leader, leadership, leading light, leash, main, manage, margin, model, motivate, move, outdo, outstrip, over, pass along, pattern, persuade, point, point out, point the way, pointer, practice, precede, precedence, precedent, preface, preside over, prevail, primacy, prime, principal, priority, produce, prompt, proof, protagonist, protect, quarterback, restraint, result in, rope, route, run, run things, safeguard, see, serve, shepherd, show, show around, show in, sign, span, spark, spearhead, spur, squire, star, start, steer, string, style, suggestion, supervise, supremacy, surpass, take the lead, tend, tether, tip, title role, top, top spot, trace, trail-blaze, trailblazer, transcend, traverse, usher

Antonyms

abandon, be inferior, center, comply, consent, delay, desert, disadvantage, discourage, dissuade, fail, fall behind, follow, harm, hinder, hold, hurt, ignore, injure, interior, keep, last, leave, lose, mismanage, neglect, obey, prevent, rear, refuse, repress, shun, stop, subtract, suppress, surrender, take, take away, trail, yield