Lead
nounid
81866·updated May 16, 2026“Lead” is retired. It does not tag in any document, it is excluded from the anchor pack, and it does not hold its lemma — so another term can take it.
deprecated
the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
No variants recorded
This term has no surface-form variants in the lexicon yet, so it tags only its canonical form.
Framework definitions
- §1
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- §2
- a position of leadership, especially in the phrase 'take the lead'
- §3
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- §4
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness
- §5
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- §6
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- §7
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- §8
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- §9
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- §10
- the introductory section of a story
- §11
- a news story of major importance
- §12
- an indication of potential opportunity
- §13
- in baseball or softball, the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- §14
- an actor who plays a principal role
- §15
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- §16
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- §17
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element
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Incoming relationships
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