Lead and Prelude

Lead

Lead noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.

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Prelude and lead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prelude" instead the word "Lead" as a noun or a verb.

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

Prelude noun - A performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main event.

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Lead and prelude are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lead" instead the word "Prelude" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: preluded, preluding

good	good lead	good prelude
nice	nice lead	nice prelude
common	common lead	common prelude
direct	direct lead	direct prelude
Other adjectives: original, single, obvious, simple, early, possible, comic.

He also became the first (and currently only) president to lead troops into battle while in office; the battle, the prelude to the burning of Washington, was a defeat and Madison fled.

Source: Useful Notes / James Madison
In the lead-up to the wedding between Black Panther and Storm, Black Panther's rival the Man-Ape planned to crash their wedding as a prelude to invading Wakanda since he wasn't invited.

Source: Revenge SVP
Until X3: Albion Prelude, if the mining was done remotely, from another sector, it lead to an infinitely respawning supply.

Source: Asteroid Miners

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