Conduce
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kənˈdjuːs/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Conduce is a verb meaning To cause (something) to occur; to bring about.
Meaning
To cause (something) to occur; to bring about.
More Meanings
- To contribute (something).
- To conduct or lead (someone or something).
- To advantage or benefit (someone or something).
- To carry on or continue (an activity).
- To contribute or lead to a specific result.
- To be advantageous to; to advantage, to benefit.
Example Sentences
The Boaring of Holes, in that kinde of VVood, and then laying it abroad, ſeemeth to conduce to make it Shine: […]
VVithin my ſoule there doth conduce a fight / Of this ſtrange nature, that a thing inſeparat, / Diuides more vvider then the skie and earth: […]
The reaſons you alleadge, do more conduce / To the hot paſſion of diſtempred blood, / Then to make vp a free determination / Tvvixt right and vvrong: […]
At laſt to conduce things to ſome order out of this Chaos of confuſion, their moſt learned Hiſtorian Elifarni, tooke vpon him to make ſtraight theſe crooked poſtures: […]
Word Forms
- conduces
- conducing
- conduced
- conducest
- conducedst
- conduceth
Synonyms for conduce
Depending on context, synonyms include profit, promote, subserve, lead, contribute.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include contribute, lead, result, conduct, confer, drive.
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