conducive

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/kənˈdjuːsɪv/

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/kənˈdjuːsɪv/ · /kənˈdusɪv/ · /kənˈdjʉːsɪv/

Definition of conducive

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adj

Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.

“A small, dark kitchen is not conducive to elaborate cooking.”
“According to the Roman Pliny the Elder, author of Historia Naturalis, southernwood was conducive to sexual excitement when the plant was placed under the bed.”

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From conduce + -ive, 1640s, from Latin condūcere, patterned after forms like conductive.

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