led
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lead.
led
1 American
[led]
/ lɛd /
verb
LED
2
American
[el-ee-dee, led]
/ ˈɛlˌiˈdi, lɛd /
noun
LED
1
British
abbreviation
led
2
British
/ lɛd /
verb
LED
Scientific
/ ĕl′ē-dē′,lĕd /
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Short for light-emitting diode. An electronic semiconductor device that emits light when an electric current passes through it. They are considerably more efficient than incandescent bulbs, and rarely burn out. LEDs are used in many applications such as flat-screen video displays, and increasingly as general sources of light.
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See also semiconductor laser
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It also led to her giving powerful testimony at the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics in November 2011.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Late during the third quarter against Denver, Mamukelashvili dazzled with a three-pointer, a cutting dunk and a defensive rebound that led to an assist to Quentin Grimes for a three-pointer — all in 99 seconds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Packages containing white powder led to the evacuation of election offices in Louisiana and Oklahoma this week.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The discovery, published in Nature Astronomy, comes from a study jointly led by Cornell University in the United States and the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Katie and I were led around like lambs.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
As the staging - complete with giant LED screens and the group's logo - is set up around them, the six members rehearse synchronised choreography alongside their back-up dancers.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
He used AI to design a drone with LED lasers to kill myrtle spurge, an invasive weed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
On Thursday and Saturday nights, they were nasty and resonant as a live band, even beneath 160,000 square feet of LED mayhem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
"These investments are already having a deterrent effect," it said, saying companies offering to disable the LED lights had shut down as a result.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
A bright LED beam dips back and forth across the lawn.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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