Lead and Pass

Lead

Lead verb - To be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction.
Usage example: this old road leads to an abandoned quarry

Pass is a synonym for lead in live topic. In some cases you can use "Pass" instead a verb "Lead", when it comes to topics like experience, get, lose, be.

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

Pass

Pass verb - Pass over, across, or through.

Lead is a synonym for pass in get topic. You can use "Lead" instead a verb "Pass", if it concerns topics such as lose, be.

Nearby Words: passage, passed, passing, passable

How words are described

high high lead high pass
nice nice lead nice pass
normal normal lead normal pass
direct direct lead direct pass
Other adjectives: initial, single, simple, actual, entire, real, massive, huge, little, supposed, new.

Common collocations

way lead way pass way
mission lead mission pass mission
times lead times pass times

Both words in one sentence

  • Reverse Polarity In the days of the non-polarized two-prong plug, it was standard practice to have the high-pass capacitor on a switch in case the device (usually an amplifier) is plugged in backwards by mistake, so the path from live to neutral can be switched from one mains lead to the other.
  • Another RHPS connection; Starstruck screenwriter Stephen Mac Lean has said that he wrote the film intending for his pal, RHPS's Little Nell, to play the lead — however, by the time the film was greenlit, she was a few years too old to pass for 18.
  • Bizarro Episode In "Rinse and Spit", Rocko's attempts to help Filbert pass a dental school exam lead to a giant molar rampaging through O-Town.
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