リードriido

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verblead; leading; taking the lead
   そのレースでは彼かれがリードしている。↗

   He has the lead in the race.
2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, sportsleading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead
3. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, baseballlead (from a base)
4. nounlead (of an article); lede
5. nounlead (wire)
6. nounleash; lead
7. noun(sales) lead; prospective client

• Synonym先導せんどうWrittenWritten/formal. Going in front to guide others, on foot or by vehicle, as in 「先導車」; close to the guiding sense of 「リード」, but 「リード」 also covers leading in points.
• Synonym統率とうそつWrittenWritten/formal. Commanding a group and making it obey, as in 「部隊を統率する」; a heavy word, while 「リード」 is lighter, about being ahead or leading the way.
• Synonym率いるひきいるNeutralNeutral verb for heading a team or troops, as in 「チームを率いる」; 「リード」 is a loanword noun made verbal with 「する」.
• Synonym指揮しきNeutralNeutral. Directing collective action or conducting an orchestra, as in 「指揮を執る」; 「リード」 stresses taking the lead and does not stress coordinating.
• Synonym主導しゅどうWrittenWritten/formal. Taking the central role in driving something forward, as in 「政府主導」; 「リード」 also means leading, but adds the sense of a lead in a match.
• Synonym先立つさきだつWrittenWritten/formal verb: going ahead, happening before something, or dying before a loved one; 「リード」 is about leading or being ahead.
• Related指導しどうNeutralNeutral. Means teaching or instructing others, as in 「指導者」, and is common in everyday use; 「リード」 stresses taking the lead or holding a lead in a game.
• AntonymフォローCasualColloquial loanword for following, following up, or covering a position; the opposite of 「リード」 in the leading-versus-following sense.

Use 「リード」 for leading people, holding a lead in points, or leading off base in baseball. For teaching say 「指導」, for guiding the way 「先導」, for heading a team 「率いる」, for taking the central initiative 「主導」; the opposite is 「フォロー」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 先導せんどうしていること、また試合しあいなどで優勢ゆうせいなこと。
2. リレーでバトンを受うける際さいにあらかじめ走はしっておくこと。
3. 投球とうきゅうの前まえにあらかじめ次つぎの塁るいの方向ほうこうにある程度ていど出でていること。
4. 捕手ほしゅが投球とうきゅうの組立くみたてを考かんがえ、投手とうしゅへのサイン等とうを通つうじて導みちびくこと。
5. 新聞しんぶんなどで見出みだしの後あとの内容ないようをまとめた数すう行ぎょうの文章ぶんしょうのこと。