lead, lead-in, lede
(noun) the introductory section of a story; “it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lede (plural lede)
(now chiefly, UK dialectal, singular) A man; person.
(chiefly, UK dialectal, Scotland, collective plural) Men; people, folk.
(UK dialectal, Scotland, singular) A people or nation.
(chiefly, UK dialectal, plural) Tenements; holdings; possessions.
lede (plural ledes)
(chiefly US, journalism) The introductory paragraph(s) of a newspaper or other news article.
Usage seems mostly confined to the U.S. Originally only journalistic usage that is now so common in general US English that it is no longer labeled as jargon by major US dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster and American Heritage. Noted as “sometimes spelled” in 1959, “often spelled” in 1969, and asserted in the 1979 reprint of a 1974 book (see Citations page). In 1990, William Safire was still able to say that lede was jargon not listed in regular dictionaries.
• LEED, deel, dele, leed
LEDE (not comparable)
(acoustics) Initialism of live end dead end.
• LEED, deel, dele, leed
Source: Wiktionary
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
