Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lead up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.17 in modern English

Syllables: lead- up
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Misspelling of lead-up.

Example Sentences

"As a result, the congressional report examining intelligence flaws in the lead up to the September 11 attacks concluded that "the U.S. Government does not presently bring together in one place all terrorism-related information from all sources.""
"Now lets go through all the lead ups to the bar, to help build up the strengths and skills you will need."
"In the lead up to the Games Barson had the task of recruiting a small group of support staff which included one driver and two assistants."

Inflected Forms

lead ups (plural)

Synonyms

initiate

Questions

What does lead up mean?: Misspelling of lead-up.

How to pronounce lead up

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