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leads to

leads to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lead to.

Meaning of lead to

Verb

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

  1. To be a cause of.
    • The shock led to a change in his behaviour.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, to.
    • I led the horse to the barn.

Questions about leads to

What is leads to the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Leads to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lead to.

Words near leads to in the dictionary

  1. leads someone up the garden path
  2. leads the charge
  3. leads the line
  4. leads the way
  5. leads through
  6. leads to
  7. leads up to
  8. leads with one's chin
  9. leadscrew
  10. leadscrews
  11. leadsheet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leads to (page history and authors); lead to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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