Usually means: Introduction or transition into topic.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word lead in:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. lead in: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lead-in: Merriam-Webster
  3. lead-in: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lead-in: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lead-in, lead-in: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lead-in: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lead-In, Lead-in, lead-in: Wordnik
  8. lead-in: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lead-in, lead in: Wiktionary
  10. lead-in: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lead-in: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lead-in: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. lead-in, lead in: Dictionary.com
  14. Lead-in: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. lead-in: Rhymezone
  16. lead-in: FreeDictionary.org
  17. lead-in: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. lead-in: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lead in: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lead-in: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lead in: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (lead in)

verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, in.
verb:  (transitive) To introduce, to mark the beginning of something, especially in music.
noun:  Misspelling of lead-in. [An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something.]

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