Le verbe lead en anglais : conjugaison, définition, synonymes et expressions

Conjugaison de lead en anglais mais aussi définitions de ce verbe, synonymes, expressions et phrasal verbs : découvrez notre fiche complète !

Tableaux de conjugaison de lead en anglais

Conjugaison du verbe lead à l’indicatif

Le verbe lead au present simple

  • I lead
  • You lead
  • He/she/it leads
  • We lead
  • You lead
  • They lead

Le verbe lead au present continuous

  • I am leading
  • You are leading
  • He/she/it is leading
  • We are leading
  • You are leading
  • They are leading

Le verbe lead past simple

  • I led
  • You led
  • He/she/it led
  • We led
  • You led
  • They led

Le verbe lead au past continuous

  • I was leading
  • You were leading
  • He/she/it was leading
  • We were leading
  • You were leading
  • They were leading

Le verbe lead au present perfect

  • I have led
  • You have led
  • He/she/it has led
  • We have led
  • You have led
  • They have led

Le verbe lead au present perfect continuous

  • I have been leading
  • You have been leading
  • He/she/it has been leading
  • We have been leading
  • You have been leading
  • They have been leading

Le verbe lead au past perfect

  • I had led
  • You had led
  • He/she/it had led
  • We had led
  • You had led
  • They had led

Le verbe lead au past perfect continuous

  • I had been leading
  • You had been leading
  • He/she/it had been leading
  • We had been leading
  • You had been leading
  • They had been leading

Le verbe lead au future

  • I will lead
  • You will lead
  • He/she/it will lead
  • We will lead
  • You will lead
  • They will lead

Le verbe lead au future continuous

  • I will be leading
  • You will be leading
  • He/she/it will be leading
  • We will be leading
  • You will be leading
  • They will be leading

Le verbe lead au future perfect

  • I will have led
  • You will have led
  • He/she/it will have led
  • We will have led
  • You will have led
  • They will have led

Le verbe lead au future perfect continuous

  • I will have been leading
  • You will have been leading
  • He/she/it will have been leading
  • We will have been leading
  • You will have been leading
  • They will have been leading

Conjugaison du verbe lead au conditionnel

Le verbe lead au conditional present

  • I would lead
  • You would lead
  • He/she/it would lead
  • We would lead
  • You would lead
  • They would lead

Le verbe lead au conditional present continuous

  • I would be leading
  • You would be leading
  • He/she/it would be leading
  • We would be leading
  • You would be leading
  • They would be leading

Le verbe lead au conditional perfect

  • I would have led
  • You would have led
  • He/she/it would have led
  • We would have led
  • You would have led
  • They would have led

Le verbe lead au conditional perfect continuous

  • I would have been leading
  • You would have been leading
  • He/she/it would have been leading
  • We would have been leading
  • You would have been leading
  • They would have been leading

Les autres formes

L’infinitif de lead

  • to lead

Participe présent de lead

  • leading

Participe passé de lead

  • led

L’impératif de lead

  • lead
  • let’s lead

À l’instar de to know, to fly, to draw, to write et to send, to lead est un verbe irrégulier. Il faut donc faire particulièrement attention au past simple et au participe passé.

Définition de lead en anglais

Que veut dire le verbe lead en anglais ?

Le Cambridge Dictionary donne plusieurs définitions du verbe lead.

Penchons-nous sur les principales :

1. To control a group of people, a country, or a situation

He leads his team with enthusiasm and humility.
→ Il dirige son équipe avec enthousiasme et humilité.

2. To be in front, to be first, or to be winning (especially in sports or other competitions)

Manchester is leading two-nil.
→ Manchester mène 2-0.

3. To cause someone to do something, especially something bad

This unexpected event led me to find another plan.
→ Cette situation inattendue m’a amené à trouver un autre plan.

4. To show the way to a group of people, animals, vehicles, etc. by going in front of them

You lead, I’ll follow.
→ Passe devant, je te suis.

5. To lead a group of moving people or vehicles is to walk or drive in front of them

Martin Luther King led the March on Washington in 1963.
→ Martin Luther King était à la tête de la marche sur Washington en 1963.

6. To take someone somewhere, by going with them

Our guide led us to secret places.
→ Notre guide nous a emmenés dans des endroits secrets.

7. To take hold of a person or animal and take him, her, or it somewhere

He took her by the arm and led her outside.
→ Il l’a prise par le bras et l’a emmenée dehors.

8. To go in a particular direction or have a particular result, or to allow or cause this (especially of roads, paths, doors, signs, information, etc.)

This is a busy road which leads to the city center.
→ C’est une route très fréquentée qui mène au centre-ville.

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Les phrasal verbs avec lead en anglais

Rappel : les phrasal verbs (ou “verbes à particule”) sont des verbes qui, lorsqu’ils sont suivis d’un autre mot (la particule), voient leur sens initial complété ou modifié.

Voici les principaux phrasal verbs formés sur le verbe lead :

  • lead back → suivre (dans un jeu de cartes)
  • lead into something → mener à
  • lead off (anglais américain) → commencer, débuter (une réunion)
  • lead off from something → être voisin à, être contigu à
  • lead off into something → mener à
  • lead on → marcher devant, passer devant
  • lead on to something → déboucher sur
  • lead somebody on → faire marcher, mener en bateau (familier)
  • lead somebody out → raccompagner quelqu’un à la sortie
  • lead something/somebody away → emmener quelque chose/quelqu’un ailleurs
  • lead something/somebody back → indiquer le chemin du retour à quelqu’un
  • lead up to something → précéder

Les synonymes de lead en anglais

En fonction du contexte, vous pouvez remplacer le verbe to lead par l’un des verbes suivants :

  • chaperone → chaperonner/accompagner
  • command → commander/diriger
  • conduct → gérer/diriger
  • direct → diriger
  • govern → gouverner
  • head → être à la tête de/présider
  • manage → gérer/diriger
  • pilot → piloter
  • route → diriger/acheminer
  • shepherd → guider/conduire
  • spearhead → mener/conduire
  • supervise → superviser

Expressions avec lead en anglais

  • get the lead out → se bouger les fesses (familier)
  • lead by example → montrer l’exemple
  • lead somebody a chase/lead somebody a merry dance → en faire voir de toutes les couleurs àquelqu’un
  • lead somebody astray → induire en erreur
  • lead somebody astray → pervertir/détourner quelqu’un du droit chemin
  • lead somebody by the nose → mener quelqu’un par le bout du nez
  • lead somebody down/up the garden path → mener en bateau (familier)
  • lead the field → être à la pointe

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