conduce

American  

[kuhn-doos, -dyoos] / kənˈdus, -ˈdyus /

verb (used without object)

conduced, conducing

1. to lead or contribute to a result (usually followed by to ortoward ).

   qualities that conduce to success.

   Antonyms:

   hinder

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conduce British  

/ kənˈdjuːs /

verb

1. to lead or contribute (to a result)

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Other Word Forms

• conducer
  noun
• conducible
  adjective
• conducingly
  adverb
• unconducing
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of conduce

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin condūcere to lead, bring together, equivalent to con- con- + dūcere to lead, akin to dux ( see duke) and to tow ¹, tug

Example Sentences

Poor Conduce Mossier Garrison just seems to attract trouble.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oh! hear me Heav'n, and grant my last Request; May Health, long Life, and ev'ry Bliss beside, Conduce to make Lucasia happy still.

From The Stolen Heiress or, The Salamanca Doctor Outplotted by Centlivre, Susanna

Conduce, kon-dūs′, v.i. to tend to some end: to contribute.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various