led

Definition

  • noun: a device that lights up and displays information when electricity passes through it
  • noun: a semiconductor diode that emits light when a voltage is applied to it and that is used especially in electronic devices (as for an indicator light)
  • past tense and past participle of 'lead'

Examples

  • His volunteer work in the hospital 'led' him 'to' a career in nursing. = His volunteer work in the hospital 'led' [='inspired'] him 'to become' a nurse.

  • We've been 'led to believe' that the labels on food items disclose all ingredients, but it's becoming clear that this is not the case.

  • His volunteer work in the hospital 'led to' a career in nursing. = His volunteer work in the hospital 'led to' him becoming a nurse.

Movie quotes

  • (..) about a graveyard, professor. "Marvelous creatures, dragons, aren't they?" Did you think that miserable oaf would've led you into the woods... ...if I hadn't suggested it? Do you think Cedric Diggory would've told you to open the egg underwater... ...if I hadn't told him first myself? Did you think Neville Longbottom, the witless wonder... ...could've provided you with gillyweed if I hadn't given him the book... ...that led him straight to it? It was you from the beginning. You put my name in the Goblet of Fire. - You bewitched Krum, but you... - "But... But..." (..)
    2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire