1. Leading or ahead in a competition
   "our candidate is in the lead in the polls"
   - ahead, out front

1. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest
   - ahead, leading

See also: up

• lamellate placentation
• lamellibranch
• Lamellibranchia
• lamellicorn
• lamellicorn beetle
• Lamellicornia
• lamelliform
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• lameness
• lament
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• lamentation
• Lamentations
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• lamenter
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• lamia
• Lamiaceae
• lamina
• lamina arcus vertebrae
• laminal
• laminar
• laminar flow
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