conduce
verb (used without object)
to lead or contribute to a result (usually followed by to ortoward ).
conduces
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present tense formof conduce (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Although he realizes the oddity of saying that college seminars are likely to make students more virtuous, he does really believe “one conduces to the other.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2019
About 95 percent of the city center was destroyed during World War II, and unfortunately it was quickly rebuilt, in that typical, postwar low-key style that conduces to a dreary anonymity.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2012
How not feeling good nonetheless conduces to our not feeling bad, indeed conduces to our feeling exhilarated, is one of the great mysteries of art.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2010
I observe it from the Rushes but there is no Activity & nothing conduces to Change.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Preparation in simply the subject-matter conduces to a rigid order, the teacher examining pupils on their exact knowledge of their text.
From How We Think by John Dewey
