conduce
verb (used without object)
to lead or contribute to a result (usually followed by to ortoward ).
has conduced
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present perfectof conduce (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since then the pressing need for decent war aims has conduced, even among European states men, to a more favorable view of its practicality.
From Time Magazine Archive
I proposed a feast at a smart restaurant, but Sir Randle preferred the atmosphere which has conduced, as he puts it, to the creation of so many of my brilliant compositions.
From The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
He will be likely in such craft to contract feather under water, and possibly screwing, in the efforts to obtain work on an even keel, after his own uneven action has conduced to rolling.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
As darkness is favourable to crime, so the invention of gaslight has conduced to morality.
From The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality by George Gore
The use of a large variety of labor-saving machines has conduced to increase the amount of the product.
From History of Human Society by Frank W. (Frank Wilson) Blackmar
