Leiden
Example: Zij leiden het team naar een succesvolle afronding van het project.
Definition
"Leiden" means to guide or direct a group or an activity towards a particular goal or outcome. For example, in the phrase 'Zij leiden het team naar een succesvolle afronding van het project,' it means they lead the team to a successful completion of the project.
Etymology
The word "leiden" comes from the Old Dutch 'līdan,' which means to go or to travel. It is related to the English word 'lead.' Did you know that "leiden" originally carried the sense of traveling or moving forward, which evolved into the modern meaning of guiding or directing others?
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"Leiden" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - General - (B1) - set 5", containing 113 commonly used words.
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