leading to
Causing as outcome
Leading to indicates causation or progression toward a result.
Events, actions, or circumstances lead to outcomes: Poor planning leading to failure, a series of discoveries leading to a breakthrough.
The phrase can also describe physical paths: the road leading to the village.
It implies a chain of connection—one thing produces or points toward another.
- causingMaking occur
- giving rise toProducing as a result
- bringing aboutCausing to happen
- paving the wayPreparing for what follows
- towardIn the direction of
approaching · guiding · steering · culminating · down the road · funneling · channeling · sparking · triggering · precipitating · doorway · pathway · bridge · threshold · brink · verge · point of no return · tipping point
- causationcause, effect, because, causality, causation
- incitementinciting, instigating, provoking, incitement, instigation
leading topreventing
Stopping before occurrence
averting · blocking · precluding · forestalling · hindering
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