lead to en · VERB
Meanings
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To be a cause of.
The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.
2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:The shock led to a change in his behaviour.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, to.
I led the horse to the barn.
The path leads to a pond.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| leading to | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| leads to | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| led to | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| led to | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Synonyms
bring about · ingenerate · induce · generate · touch off · bring · stir · set off · result in · effect · cause · secure · make · effectuate · bring on · stir up · trigger · occasion
Translations (4)
es llevar/conducir/dar a (literally) · es llevar/conducir a (to be a cause of) · es desembocar en (literally) · es desembocar en (to be a cause of)