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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Amid the Wellington fallout, Brook led England to important ODI and T20 series wins in Sri Lanka, as well as the semi-finals of the World Cup that followed.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
For strategists at Citigroup led by Alex Saunders, if control of the federal government becomes divided between the parties, it’s likely to be good news for bond markets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is also a top Board of Peace official, joined the delegation led by Kushner, one of the people familiar with the talks said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
That led her to co-found the Coalition Against Stalkerware, an international working group tackling the problem of software tools frequently used to spy on unknowing romantic partners.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
But Father led the boy to Tante Jans’s old upright.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The new work pushes that concept further by replacing the LED with sunlight.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
In the meantime, the tower's 400,000-euro outdoor LED screen has been turned off for months after online memes re-imagined it as the baleful eye of Sauron's fortress of Barad-dur from "The Lord of the Rings".
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
As the band launches into Dirty Harry, the long, pitch-side LED screens light up with a cartoon choir, singing the song's refrain, "all I do is dance".
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Throughout the house, LED lighting systems will be able to mimic the qualities of natural light and adjust over the course of the day, according to residents’ circadian rhythms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
He’d crawl out, renew his LED paint, and then come back when he could see what was what.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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