lead – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of lead

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to lead into sth
Participle: led into sth
Gerund: leading into sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ilead into sth
youlead into sth
he;she;itleads into sth
welead into sth
youlead into sth
theylead into sth

Perfect

Ihave led into sth
youhave led into sth
he;she;ithas led into sth
wehave led into sth
youhave led into sth
theyhave led into sth

Past

Iled into sth
youled into sth
he;she;itled into sth
weled into sth
youled into sth
theyled into sth

Pluperfect

Ihad led into sth
youhad led into sth
he;she;ithad led into sth
wehad led into sth
youhad led into sth
theyhad led into sth

Future

Iwill lead into sth
youwill lead into sth
he;she;itwill lead into sth
wewill lead into sth
youwill lead into sth
theywill lead into sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have led into sth
youwill have led into sth
he;she;itwill have led into sth
wewill have led into sth
youwill have led into sth
theywill have led into sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ilead into sth
youlead into sth
he;she;itlead into sth
welead into sth
youlead into sth
theylead into sth

Perfect

Ihave led into sth
youhave led into sth
he;she;ithave led into sth
wehave led into sth
youhave led into sth
theyhave led into sth

Imperfect

Iled into sth
youled into sth
he;she;itled into sth
weled into sth
youled into sth
theyled into sth

Pluperfect

Ihad led into sth
youhad led into sth
he;she;ithad led into sth
wehad led into sth
youhad led into sth
theyhad led into sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould lead into sth
youwould lead into sth
he;she;itwould lead into sth
wewould lead into sth
youwould lead into sth
theywould lead into sth

Perfect

Iwould have led into sth
youwould have led into sth
he;she;itwould have led into sth
wewould have led into sth
youwould have led into sth
theywould have led into sth

Imperative

youlead into sth
weLet's lead into sth
youlead into sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam leading into sth
youare leading into sth
he;she;itis leading into sth
weare leading into sth
youare leading into sth
theyare leading into sth

Perfect

Ihave been leading into sth
youhave been leading into sth
he;she;ithas been leading into sth
wehave been leading into sth
youhave been leading into sth
theyhave been leading into sth

Past

Iwas leading into sth
youwere leading into sth
he;she;itwas leading into sth
wewere leading into sth
youwere leading into sth
theywere leading into sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been leading into sth
youhad been leading into sth
he;she;ithad been leading into sth
wehad been leading into sth
youhad been leading into sth
theyhad been leading into sth

Future

Iwill be leading into sth
youwill be leading into sth
he;she;itwill be leading into sth
wewill be leading into sth
youwill be leading into sth
theywill be leading into sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been leading into sth
youwill have been leading into sth
he;she;itwill have been leading into sth
wewill have been leading into sth
youwill have been leading into sth
theywill have been leading into sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be leading into sth
youwould be leading into sth
he;she;itwould be leading into sth
wewould be leading into sth
youwould be leading into sth
theywould be leading into sth

Perfect

Iwould have been leading into sth
youwould have been leading into sth
he;she;itwould have been leading into sth
wewould have been leading into sth
youwould have been leading into sth
theywould have been leading into sth

Other

Verbs similar to 'lead'

bead, dead, head, leaf, leak, leam, lean, leap, lear, lend,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

guide
direct, usher, escort, conduct, precede, convey, introduce
influence
entice, induce, lure, persuade, seduce, allure, convince, guide
surpass
excel, overtake, beat, outstrip

Antonyms

guide
deceive, betray, mislead, misdirect
influence
ineffectiveness, impotence, futility, incapacity

Additional Information

Etymology

1. "to guide," O.E. lædan "cause to go with one, lead," causative of liðan "to travel," from W.Gmc. *laithjan (cf. O.S. lithan, O.N. liða "to go," O.H.G. ga-lidan "to travel," Goth. ga-leiþan "to go"). Meaning "to be in first place" is from c.1380. The noun is first recorded c.1300, "action of leading." Meaning "the front or leading place" is from 1570. Johnson stigmatized it as "a low, despicable word." Sense in card-playing is from 1742; in theater, from 1831; in journalism, from 1927; in jazz bands, from 1934. Leader "one who leads" is from c.1300; as shortened form of leading article (1807) "prominent newspaper piece giving editorial opinion" it dates from 1837. Leadership first attested 1821.
2. From Middle English led, leed, from Old English lēad (“lead”), from Proto-West Germanic *laud (“lead”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow”).
3. Cognate with Scots leid, lede (“lead”), North Frisian lud, luad (“lead”), West Frisian lead (“lead”), Dutch lood (“lead”), Low German Lod (“solder, plummet”), German Lot (“solder, plummet, sounding line”), Swedish lod (“solder, plummet”), Icelandic lóð (“a plumb, weight”), Irish luaidhe (“lead”) Latin plumbum (“lead”), Finnish luoti (“bullet”). Doublet of loth. More at flow.
4. * (graphite in a pencil): Graphite was once believed to be a form of lead; see black lead and plumbago.

Verbs referencing "lead"

Danish lede, German, old spelling leiten, Norwegian, nynorsk leia, Luxembourgish leeden, Korean 리드하다.

Sample Sentences

  • Both gentlemen laughed uproariously. “ Now, Jim, ” said his master, “ show us how old Elder Robbins leads the psalm. ” The boy drew his chubby face down to a formidable length, and commenced toning a psalm tune through his nose, with imperturbable gravity. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] density, weight, and heat, of every article she could lay her hands upon. She followed her mother, and felt her hands and arms, as she was occupied about the house; and her disposition to imitate, led her to repeat everything herself. She even learned to sew a little, and to knit. ’ (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘Her tendency to imitation is so strong, that it leads her to actions which must be entirely incomprehensible to her, and which can give her no other pleasure than the gratification of an internal faculty. She has been known to sit for half an hour, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] to impress upon him that there is but one path, and that one sober industry, which can ever lead him to happiness; to teach him how it may be trodden, if his footsteps have never yet been led that way; and to lure him back to it if they have strayed: in a word, to snatch him from destruction, and restore him to society a penitent and useful member. The importance of such an [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The House of Correction which has led to these remarks, is not walled, like other prisons, but is palisaded round about with tall rough stakes, something after the manner of an enclosure for keeping elephants in, as we see it [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] that behind that hill, and some three miles from the next station, there is a clever town in a smart lo-ca-tion, where he expects you have concluded to stop. Your answer in the negative naturally leads to more questions in reference to your intended route (always pronounced rout ); and wherever you are going, you invariably learn that you ca n't get there without immense difficulty and danger, and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] all was maternal love, wrought into a paroxysm of frenzy by the near approach of a fearful danger. Her boy was old enough to have walked by her side, and, in an indifferent case, she would only have led him by the hand; but now the bare thought of putting him out of her arms made her shudder, and she strained him to her bosom with a convulsive grasp, as she went rapidly forward. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • ‘Possible?’ With what stupendous and untranslatable coolness he says this, and how loungingly he leads on to the women 's side: making, as he goes, a kind of iron castanet of the key and the stair-rail ! (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘Well, it an’t a very rowdy life, and that’s a fact!’ Again he clinks his metal castanet, and leads us leisurely away. I have a question to ask him as we go. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • This is the place: these narrow ways, diverging to the right and left, and reeking everywhere with dirt and filth. Such lives as are led here, bear the same fruits here as elsewhere. The coarse and bloated faces at the doors, have counterparts at home, and all the wide world over. Debauchery has made the very houses prematurely [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • He was leading a happy life with his family, da (Magudam)