conduce

American  

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

verb (used without object)

conduces, present (3rd person singular) conduced, past participle, past conducing present participle

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

Derived Forms

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

Inflected Forms

Participles

• conducing
  present
• conduced
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• conduce
  simple
• conduces
  simple
• have conduced
  perfect
• has conduced
  perfect
• am conducing
  progressive
• are conducing
  progressive
• is conducing
  progressive
• have been conducing
  perfect progressive
• has been conducing
  perfect progressive

Past

• conduced
  simple
• had conduced
  perfect
• was conducing
  progressive
• were conducing
  progressive
• had been conducing
  perfect progressive

Future

• will conduce
  simple
• will have conduced
  perfect
• will be conducing
  progressive
• will have been conducing
  perfect progressive

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

Russia, and China joined forces – to declare the Ebola outbreak in Africa a threat to world peace and security, and conduce a universal proposition.

From Fox News • Apr. 16, 2020

Does the conditioning environment of suburbia conduce a sense of well-being and life adjustment?

From Slate • May 1, 2016

Golf rounds are slow and baseball games borderline endless, but the actual moments of play are comparatively brief and highly focussed; like faster, reflex-reliant sports—basketball, soccer, ice hockey—they do not conduce to abstract thinking.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 3, 2015

I resolved, therefore, that if my immediate union with my cousin would conduce either to hers or my father’s happiness, my adversary’s designs against my life should not retard it a single hour.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

Variety is needed also within the compass of a single recitation, because there are several preliminaries and varieties of preparatory drill which conduce to good rendering of any selection.

From Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School by McMurry, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)