lead

/lid/ v [I/T] (past tense and past participle led /led/) (SHOW WAY)

Definition

› to show the way to someone or something, esp. by going first: [T] She led the children along the path out of the forest. [T] That research group leads the way in the development of new software. [T] Just follow the signs and they will lead you to the exit. › If something such as a road or sign leads somewhere, it goes toward something else or shows you how to get to a particular place: [I] A flight of narrow stairs leads to the kitchen.

(Definition of lead v (SHOW WAY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)