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lead off

lead off noun: the first batter in the batting order.

Noun

lead off (plural lead offs)

  1. The first batter in the batting order.
    • Jones has been the team's lead off hitter for three years.
  2. The first batter of an inning.
    • The lead off hitter for the sixth inning is Jones.
  3. The short distance that a player stands away from their current base.
  4. The first item in a broadcast schedule.

Verb

lead off (third-person singular simple present leads off, present participle leading off, simple past and past participle led off)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, off.
    • The kitchen and the lounge lead off from the hallway.
    • Hu, 79, Xi Jinping's immediate predecessor, was seated to the left of Xi. He was led off the stage of the main auditorium of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing by two stewards, a Reuters witness at the congress said.2022 October 22, Eduardo Baptista, Ryan Woo, “Former Chinese president Hu Jintao escorted out of party congress”, in Robert Birsel, Lincoln Feast, William Mallard, editors, Reuters, archived from the...
  2. To be the first batter of an inning.
    • Jones led off the inning with a home run.
    • Jones is leading off an inning for the third time in the game.
  3. (broadly) To be the first of any set, especially the first person in a group to speak; to launch or begin something by speaking.

lead off meaning in Tamil and Kannada

lead off in Tamil

தொடக்கம்

lead off in Kannada

ತೊಡಗು, ಮೊದಲು ಮಾಡು, ಪ್ರಾರಂಭ, ಉಪಕ್ರಮ, ಶುರು, ಮೊದಲು ಮಾಡುವುದು

Forms of lead off

Noun
plurallead offs
Verb
third-person singular presentleads off
present participleleading off
past participleled off
pastled off

Questions about lead off

What does lead off mean?
Lead off means the first batter in the batting order.
What is lead off in Tamil?
Lead off in Tamil is தொடக்கம். See Lead off meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lead off?
Lead off can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of lead off?
The plural of lead off is lead offs.

Words near lead off in the dictionary

  1. lead monoxide
  2. lead name
  3. lead names
  4. lead nitrate
  5. lead nowhere
  6. lead off
  7. lead offs
  8. lead on
  9. lead out
  10. lead outs
  11. lead oxide

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