conducive

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kənˈdusɪv/ UK /kənˈdjuːsɪv/ See IPA manual

Freq #34812

Meanings

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adj
Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.

A small, dark kitchen is not conducive to elaborate cooking.

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Synonyms

1 adj · tending to contribute to,... conducentfavorable helpful instrumental

Word family

Forms conduciveness

Etymology

From conduce + -ive, 1640s, from Latin condūcere, patterned after forms like conductive.

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