lead to

entraîner, mener à

Faire arriver quelque chose ou augmenter la probabilité d’un résultat particulier.

En anglais simple : To cause something to happen or make a particular result more likely.

• Smoking can lead to illness.
• Her hard work led to success.
• Could this mistake lead to more problems?

Comment l'utiliser : lead to something (Heavy rain can lead to flooding.); lead to someone doing something (The argument led to him leaving the team.)

Synonymes : cause, result in, bring about

Expressions courantes : lead to something, lead to problems

mener à, conduire à

Guider quelqu’un vers un endroit ou constituer un chemin qui y arrive.

En anglais simple : To guide someone somewhere, or provide a route to a place.

• This road leads to the beach.
• She led me to my room.
• Where do these stairs lead to?

Comment l'utiliser : lead someone to a place (He led the visitors to the garden.); lead to a place (This path leads to the river.)

Synonymes : guide to, take to

Expressions courantes : lead to somewhere, lead someone to somewhere