Lead-in

//ˈliːdɪn//

Synonyms for "lead-in" (7 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)

Related word relations

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1 relation types

More general

4 entries

Translations

6 translations across 4 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • въведение noun (introduction)

Finnish

1 entries
  • johdanto noun (introduction)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • felvezetés noun (introduction)

Spanish

3 entries
  • entradilla noun (introduction)
  • introducción noun (introduction)
  • prólogo noun (introduction)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I think one of the things you just said in your lead-in is a little bit off.

Source: tatoeba (6077682)

After the long lead-in, the climax of the story was a disappointment.

Source: wiktionary

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