English Explanatory Dictionary

conduce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cause (something) to occur; to bring about.
  2. To contribute (something).
  3. To conduct or lead (someone or something).
  4. To advantage or benefit (someone or something).
  5. To carry on or continue (an activity).
  6. To contribute or lead to a specific result.
  7. To be advantageous to; to advantage, to benefit.

Pronunciation

/kənˈdjuːs/ /-ˈd͡ʒuːs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-conduce.wav /kənˈd(j)us/

Word forms

conduce conduces conducing conduced no-table-tags glossary conducest conducedst conduceth

Etymology

PIE word *ḱóm From Late Middle English conducen (“to guide, lead; (surgery) to draw together (edges of a wound, or parts of a torn sinew); to set (a broken bone)”), borrowed from Latin condūcere, the present active infinitive of condūcō (“to bring, draw, or lead together, assemble, collect; to contribute to something by being useful, be of use, be conducive to”), from con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of several things) + dūcō (“to conduct, guide, lead, lead away”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull; to lead (pull behind oneself)”)). Doublet of conduct and conn.

Synonyms

profit promote subserve

Antonyms

disconduce

Related words

adduce conduct induce reduce seduce

Derived words

conduceful conducement conducency conducer conducing conducive conducively conduciveness disconduce disconducive inconducive unconducive unconduciveness
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