led
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lead.
led
1 American
[led]
/ lɛd /
verb
LED
2
American
[el-ee-dee, led]
/ ˈɛlˌiˈdi, lɛd /
noun
LED
1
British
abbreviation
led
2
British
/ lɛd /
verb
LED
Scientific
/ ĕl′ē-dē′,lĕd /
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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.
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See also semiconductor laser
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Tanner Scott led the team in saves, with 25.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
That press, led by Malard, has moved higher up and teams have struggled to break through, while full-back Ellie Carpenter continues to overlap dangerously.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
“The Oct. 7 events certainly overshadow these elections,” said Tamar Hermann, a pollster and senior fellow at the institute who led the poll.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Michael Burgwald, who led counterterrorism operations at the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and his deputy, Courtland Rae, were removed from their leadership positions Friday and reassigned to FBI headquarters.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
She led me away from the house then, to the garden bench set against the back wall—the bench where she and Papi always used to sit on summer evenings when they wanted to be alone.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
At its nursery in Yunnan, the company grows millions of plants under LED lights, which are then distributed to its growers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Throughout the show, vintage video clips and moments from his early career played across a massive LED screen, while an orchestra and a few guitarists accompanied him on stage.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Grieving relatives gathered at identification centres to watch LED screens showing pictures of retrieved bodies, occasionally closing their eyes when the grim exercise overwhelmed them.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Halley said he plans to invest $2 million to $6 million into the facility, including additional staff and LED volume walls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
He’d crawl out, renew his LED paint, and then come back when he could see what was what.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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