Lead
Produce
Produce verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
How words are described
| female | female lead | female produce |
| high | high lead | high produce |
| real | real lead | real produce |
| large | large lead | large produce |
| Other adjectives: enormous, little, black, main, new, sole, former, latter, several. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Produce Pelting: Reginald played the lead in King Lear once, but all we know is that he has "memories of rotten fruit".
Source: Film / Without a Clue -
In a bit of a subversion, their species can't produce "queens", so they look to other species to lead them.
Source: Franchise / Metroid -
Can lead to Fridge Logic issues if an entire planetary ecosystem is based on this trope, as even giant fungi can't produce oxygen like plants can.
Source: Fungus Humongous
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