Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lead paragraph

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: lead- -para-graph
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of lead (“the introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article”).

American usage

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

lead paragraphs (plural)

Synonyms

lead

Questions

What does lead paragraph mean?: Synonym of lead (“the introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article”).

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