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Hoe uit te spreken lead vs led

Belangrijkste Fonetische Contrast

‘Lead’ the heavy metal is pronounced ⁄lɛd⁄ exactly like ‘led’ (the past tense of lead), while ‘lead’ the verb is pronounced ⁄liːd⁄.

Contrast: Past tense homophone: ⁄lɛd⁄ vs present verb ⁄liːd⁄

lead

⁄liːd⁄

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LEAD

Definitie:

A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).

led

⁄lɛd⁄

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LED

Definitie:

Initialism of light-emitting diode.

“The area already has plenty of loud billboards and klieg lights that have drawn complaints from some neighborhood groups, so the city is concerned about anything billboardesque. Mr. Astani’s application to build the LED panels is undergoing an environmental review by city planning officials.”

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Difference between lead and led?

‘Lead’ the heavy metal is pronounced ⁄lɛd⁄ exactly like ‘led’ (the past tense of lead), while ‘lead’ the verb is pronounced ⁄liːd⁄.

Syllable stress in lead vs led?

"lead" has 1 syllables (lead). "led" has 1 syllables (led).

Why are lead and led easily confused?

Past tense homophone: ⁄lɛd⁄ vs present verb ⁄liːd⁄

Example sentences for lead and led?

"lead": lead on the people behind me. So we got round, and so I got my Gold. It was a team event but you know I got a Gold medal in the World Games. So after that I did the British Games "led": The area already has plenty of loud billboards and klieg lights that have drawn complaints from some neighborhood groups, so the city is concerned about anything billboardesque. Mr. Astani’s application to build the LED panels is undergoing an environmental review by city planning officials.