lead – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of lead

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youlead to sth
weLet's lead to sth
youlead to sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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