Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tending to cause or bring something about; contributive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the quality of conducing, promoting, or furthering; tending to advance or bring about: with to.
- Synonyms Helpful, contributing, promotive, furthersome.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Tending tocontribute to,encourage , or bring about someresult .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
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Examples
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Online journal articles are suitable for searching and extraction, but how conducive is a computer for reading a novel?
From the (e)mailbag M-mv 2005
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Totally didn't expect the hot blonde chick to even know the word conducive let alone use it in a sentence.
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A corporate environment is hardly what I'd call conducive to a relaxing cuppa.
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Take Friday for example, a day that was marked by a complete lack of anything that could be described as conducive to a hearty and wholesome life, except for the tips which were great and warmed the cockles of my filthy black heart.
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Take Friday for example, a day that was marked by a complete lack of anything that could be described as conducive to a hearty and wholesome life, except for the tips which were great and warmed the cockles of my filthy black heart.
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At the news conference, there was as much if not more discussion of the school's athletic facilities as there was boilerplate praise of an environment intended to be "conducive" to learning.
Winning design for Dunbar High School scores an average grade Philip Kennicott 2010
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Asked what "conducive" meant, Dlamini-Zuma said an assurance of his safety and his ability to lead a normal life in Haiti.
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Education is thankfully not often presented with such "conducive" conditions.
Archive 2006-09-01 Karyn Romeis 2006
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Their lineup is kind of conducive to the way I pitch.
USATODAY.com 2004
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The term "conducive" was relative, as there could never be 100 percent conducive conditions for free and fair elections anywhere.
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