ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. To contribute (something).
  2. To conduct or lead (someone or something).
  3. To advantage or benefit (someone or something).
  4. To carry on or continue (an activity).
  5. To contribute or lead to a specific result.
  6. 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

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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