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Noun Concept
Categories: Journalism terminology, Writing, Copy editing, Literature
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lead  lead-in  lede  lead paragraph  lide
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The introductory section of a story WordNet 3.0
English:
journalism
news
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The introductory section of a story WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A lead paragraph is the opening paragraph of an article, book chapter, or other written work that summarizes its main ideas. Wikipedia
The opening paragraph of an article Wikipedia Disambiguation
Introductory summary part of a text such as a news article Wikidata
A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.). Wiktionary
The introductory paragraph(s) of a newspaper or other news article. Wiktionary
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It was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
section
text
paragraph
HAS PART
opening line
PART OF
news article
article
DIFFERENT FROM
outline
GENRE
writing style
HAS QUALITY
beginning
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
lead, lead-in, lede
Wikipedia
EN
lead paragraph
Wikidata
EN
lide
Wiktionary
EN
lead, lede
Wikipedia Redirections
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Buried lead, Buried lede, Don't bury the lead, Don't bury the lead!, Don't bury the lede, Don't bury the lede!, First paragraph, Lead Paragraph, Lead section, lede (journalism), Lede paragraph, opening paragraph, Standfirst
Wikidata Alias
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lead, lead section, lede, lede paragraph, lede section, standfirst

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