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Top 500verb, imperfective

вести́

[vʲɪˈsʲtʲi]to lead, to preside over, to chair

Frequency rank #329 About 1 in every 3,200 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
вести #329

Meaning

  1. to lead, to preside over, to chair
  2. to drive
  3. to keep; see ведение

Examples

вести́ заседа́ние

to preside over a meeting

вести́ перегово́ры

to negotiate, to conduct negotiations

Related

Forms by frequency

  • вести́infinitive#974
  • ведётsingular, 3rd person, present#2,518
  • вёлmasculine, singular, past#3,637
  • веди́imperative, singular, 2nd person#3,761
  • ведёшьsingular, 2nd person, present#3,948
  • веду́singular, 1st person, present#3,997
  • веду́тplural, 3rd person, present#4,052
  • вела́feminine, singular, past#4,988
  • вели́plural, past#6,057
  • веду́щийpresent, participle#8,673
  • веди́теimperative, plural, 2nd person#8,775
  • ведётеplural, 2nd person, present#10,648
  • ведёмplural, 1st person, present#13,361
  • ве́дшийpast, participle

and 5 more forms

Words near #329

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