conducive

Meanings

• adjective

  being favorable or helpful; tending to promote or further an end

• adjective

  making progress or being successful; favorable or advantageous

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Antonyms

inconducive , unconducive

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Synonyms

favorable , helpful , instrumental

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with conducive
conductive , effective , reflective

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Variants

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conducive , conduciveness , conducivenesses

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Etymology

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From Latin condus, past participle of condutus, past participle of conduco, from com- 'together' + duco 'I lead'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'conducive' is often used in legal and medical contexts to describe conditions that are favorable or helpful to a case or treatment.

2. Did you know that the word 'conducive' has been used as a noun to refer to a person or thing that conducts or leads?

3. The longest word in the English language that can be formed using only the letters in 'conducive' is 'unenucleate'.

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Related Concepts

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1. conduct: The action of guiding or leading, often in a formal or official capacity.

2. condition: A state or circumstance that influences the way something develops or is used.

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Quotes

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1. To the extent to which the political realm is more "conducive" to rational choice, compared with the social realm which is governed by material and economic concerns, it is in politics that the potentiality for freedom lies.

   - Gertrude Himmelfarb,{it}The New History and the Old{/it},1987

2. The small hat of woven green plastic raffia, the jazzy short-sleeved shirt (fundamentally orange), the pale blue shorts, were not garments "conducive" to dignity.

   - A. N. Wilson,{it}Scandal or Priscilla's Kindness{/it},1983

3. It was a hard time, and not "conducive" to obedience and warmth, and fairly soon I was tucked into a kindly concentration camp for budding Christians …

   - M. F. K. Fisher,{it}Journal of Gastronomy{/it},Summer 1984

4. … air-conditioner cooling towers on the roof provided a conducive summertime abode, from which the germs circulated throughout the edifice in a fine infectious mist.

   - Wayne Biddle,{it}A Field Guide to Germs{/it},1995

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Culture

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In literature, the word 'conducive' is often used to describe conditions or environments that contribute to the success or progress of something. For instance, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel 'The Great Gatsby', the green light across the water symbolizes the conducive environment that Gatsby longs for but cannot attain.

How to Memorize "conducive"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a garden where conditions are conducive for plants to grow: plenty of sunlight, water, and nutrients.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'conducive' with 'helpful' or 'advantageous'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'C' for 'condusive to progress' and 'H' for 'helpful in achieving success'.

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