Meanings
prepositional phrase
- idiomaticin first place in a contest, or parade.
Again we managed to pull ahead a bit each time we came together and by the first mark we rounded several boatslengths in the lead.
1996, Russell Coutts, as told to Paul Larsen, Russell Coutts: Course to Victory, Hodder Moa Beckett, →ISBN, page 213
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbleading or ahead in a competition
Similar
aheadout front
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan al capdavant
- al capdavantin first place
Chinese Mandarin 领先
- 领先 (lǐngxiān)in first place
French en tête
- en têtein first place
Hungarian vezet, első helyen (áll)
- vezetin first place
- első helyen (áll)in first place
Italian in testa
- in testain first place
Portuguese na frente, na liderança
- na frentein first place
- na liderançain first place
Spanish estar ganando, a la cabeza
- estar ganandoin first place
- a la cabezain first place
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APA
in the lead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20lead
MLA
“in the lead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20lead. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in the lead,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20lead.
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