Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Opening or introductory matter.
- noun A program, as on television, scheduled to precede another.
- noun The wire that connects an outdoor antenna to an electronic transmitter or receiver.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Elec.) a wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line.
- noun (Radio and Television Broadcasting) The short segment of a program or program script introducing and immediately preceding another part of the program or a commercial.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
introduction , something thatleads into the beginning of something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the introductory section of a story
- noun wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line
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Examples
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Our tipster also sent along this teaser video, described as a "lead-in" to the Super Bowl ad, which features what might be a new catchphrase -- "We just got Samsung-ed!"
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jason Gilbert 2012
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The spin on the spin: Helped by an MLB lead-in, as Fox moved the final innings of Yankees-Red Sox to its FX cable channel to make way for the race.
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A brief rundown of the band and their history is provided as a lead-in to discuss one or two of their landmark albums, including fresh interviews with band members, a rock critic or two, record label execs, producers and engineers and so on.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: Ellery Queen, Rush, Casey Affleck and More Michael Giltz 2010
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A brief rundown of the band and their history is provided as a lead-in to discuss one or two of their landmark albums, including fresh interviews with band members, a rock critic or two, record label execs, producers and engineers and so on.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: Ellery Queen, Rush, Casey Affleck and More Michael Giltz 2010
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After the initial 20-minute lead-in what follows is a well-paced 70-minute thriller as as Bryan makes logic leaps (some reasonable, some less so), cajoles and threatens old friends for help, and leaves destruction and twisted bodies in his wake.
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Castle benefited from Dancing's boffo lead-in in prime time's final hour, dominating with some 12.7 million people, while the start of Larisa Oleynik's story arc on CBS' Hawaii Five-0 had 9.8 million viewers and Harry's Law — which has been NBC's top-rated show and rose to No. 17 in the latest weekly rankings — reeled in 8.2 million.
Ratings: Dancing with the Stars Steps Back with Smaller Audience 2011
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February 20th, 2010 at 12: 11 am brian, your lead-in example of good food was belgian ale.
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Although advertised as a Count Basie celebration, both sets on opening night featured a lot of Duke Ellington, thus providing a perfect lead-in to Jazz at Lincoln Center's climactic Essentially Ellington concert this Saturday which will be webcast live, at which three prize-winning high school big bands will put up their Dukes alongside JaLC majordomo Wynton Marsalis.
Refining Classic Sounds Will Friedwald 2011
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Men is unlike anything else on TNT, and needed a more powerful lead-in than the puerile Franklin & Bash to sell it to a mainstream audience.
Ask Matt: Midseason TV, Emmys, The Good Wife, Glee, Jesse Stone and More! 2011
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Enjoying a ratings boost this spring thanks to its Dancing With the Stars lead-in, this enjoyable light mystery swaps coasts as Detective Beckett goes rogue, defying orders as she heads from New York to L.A. where the Heat Wave movie based on Castle's books is in production to find the killer of her former partner.
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