led

¹ American  

[led] / lɛd /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of lead.

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LED ² American  

[el-ee-dee, led] / ˈɛlˌiˈdi, lɛd /

noun

1. light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.

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LED ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. light-emitting diode

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led ² British  

/ lɛd /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of lead 1

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LED Scientific  

/ ĕl′ē-dē′,lĕd /

1. 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.

2. See also semiconductor laser

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Other Word Forms

• unled adjective
• well-led adjective

Example Sentences

New research led by the University of Colorado Boulder and published in Nature Geoscience explains what happened in 2023, when the glacier lost about eight kilometers of ice in just 60 days.

From Science Daily

The initiative has brought together local families, including those from Syrian and Afghan refugee backgrounds, for regular creative workshops led by artist Nicky Arscott.

From BBC

A handful of big power plants led the increases.

From The Wall Street Journal

The research was led by University College Dublin in partnership with Queen's University Belfast and international collaborators.

From Science Daily

Warner has $33.5 billion in debt — another vestige of the 2022 merger, which led to thousands of job losses and dumped programming.

From Los Angeles Times