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led [ led ] SHOW IPA
/ lɛd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb
simple past tense and past participle of lead1 .
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OTHER WORDS FROM led un·led, adjective well-led, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH led lead , led Words nearby led lecture ,
lecturer ,
lectureship ,
Lecuona ,
lecythus ,
led ,
Leda ,
Leda and the swan ,
Ledbetter ,
LED display ,
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Other definitions for led (2 of 2)
LED
[ el -ee-dee , led ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈɛlˌiˈdi, lɛd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH LED LCD , LED Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Words related to led administered ,
commanded ,
conducted ,
directed ,
driven ,
guided ,
mastered ,
overseen ,
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subjugated ,
superintended ,
supervised ,
allured ,
impelled ,
influenced ,
inveigled ,
lured ,
motivated ,
seduced ,
wheedled
How to use led in a sentence The cost of both has dropped at unprecedented rates over the past decade and energy efficient technologies such as LED lighting have also expanded.
Likewise, our current LED lighting and display technologies are too expensive and not of good enough color quality to realistically replace traditional lighting in a short enough time frame.
That current can power small electronics, such as a watch or LED lights.
Easily keep these 200 LED lights charged with a USB plug-in installation, which can be plugged into your laptop or power bank.
Adjust between ten different brightness modes with these 300 LED lights, creating the exact right atmospheric mood.
Then they came up against a police patrol on mountain bicycles, which again led to more shooting, without injuries.
Seventy-two adults between the ages of 18 and 50 are participating in the trial, led by the pediatrics department at Oxford.
So I drove around the corner to the trailhead of the logging road that led back to the crash site.
The advisers, led by Suleimani, included none other than Taghavi.
But those strands of his identity are all wound around the conspiracy that led him back to Gambia for the first time in 23 years.
His zeal led him among foreigners as a missionary; after visiting Bohemia, he went among the Poles, by whom he was killed .
They ran side by side across the yard to a roofed flight of steps that led to the printing-office.
I turned round, thrust my purse into the lap of the nearest, and with a light heart led the lady back to the hotel.
If he didn't give it to me, I took it, for fear I should be led to do anything wrong, through not having it.
This led to her painting portraits of various members of the royal family while she was still a pupil of De Zichys.
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British Dictionary definitions for led (1 of 2)
verb
the past tense and past participle of lead 1 British Dictionary definitions for led (2 of 2)
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Scientific definitions for led
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. See also semiconductor laser .
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