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What does lead-in mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lead, lead-in, ledenoun

    the introductory section of a story

    "it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter"

  2. lead-innoun

    wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line

GCIDE

  1. lead-innoun

    (Radio and Television Broadcasting) The short segment of a program or program script introducing and immediately preceding another part of the program or a commercial.

Wiktionary

  1. lead-innoun

    An introduction, something that leads into the beginning of something.

Wikipedia

  1. Lead-in

    A lead-in is a short phrase, usually five words or less, that starts off a photo caption in a newspaper, high school yearbook, magazine or other publication. Lead-ins (a.k.a. "kickers") are used to catch the reader's attention and "lead in" to the main caption. These phrases widely range from common phrases to song lyrics, and are written appropriate to the subject matter of the photograph. This is separate to lead in which makes reference to getting new business into a sales team, typically.

ChatGPT

  1. lead-in

    A lead-in is an introductory segment or statement that serves as a transition or opening into a topic, speech, television program, scene, or article. It gives the audience or reader a hint or context of what is about to be discussed or presented.

Wikidata

  1. Lead-in

    A lead-in is a short phrase, usually five words or less, that starts off a photo caption in a newspaper, high school yearbook, magazine or other publication. Lead-ins are used to catch the reader's attention and "lead in" to the main caption. These phrases widely range from common phrases to song lyrics, and are written appropriate to the subject matter of the photograph. Examples of lead-ins include the following: Editors and caption writers tend to avoid using clichés and obvious lead-ins; and also prefer varying lead-ins throughout the publication. Also Lead ins, can be phrases that start a sentence in a essay.

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Anagrams for lead-in »

  1. Aldine

  2. alined

  3. Daniel

  4. daniel

  5. deal in

  6. dealin'

  7. denial

  8. enlaid

  9. inlead

  10. nailed

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lead-in in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lead-in in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of lead-in in a Sentence

  1. NBC News:

    The polls today show you with a sizable national lead, a lead in a lot of the states that are critical in the Electoral College, i wonder, where do you think the race stands at this moment? What keeps you up at night as you look ahead? And can you maintain this advantage without campaigning in a traditional way, especially this fall when voters begin to really tune in?

  2. European Council President Donald Tusk:

    If we (G7) do not take the lead in managing this crisis, nobody would.

  3. Lodriguez Murray:

    HBCUs often lead in higher education, and they have this tradition of wraparound services that takes students from fragile backgrounds and give them the strength to move forward into the world.

  4. Dannel Malloy:

    In moments of trial and tribulation, some people will lead in the wrong direction, hopefully some people will lead in the right direction and that's what we're trying to do in Connecticut.

  5. Bernie Sanders:

    I have a very substantial lead in New Hampshire, but I think it would be really good to win Iowa. I'd like to win Iowa.

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