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conduce.

To cause (something) to occur; to bring about.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/kənˈdjuːs/Received-Pronunciation/-ˈd͡ʒuːs/Received-Pronunciation/kənˈd(j)us/General-American
  1. To cause (something) to occur; to bring about.

    formal · obsolete · transitive
  2. To contribute (something).

    formal · obsolete · transitive
  3. To conduct or lead (someone or something).

    also · figuratively · formal · obsolete · transitive
  4. To advantage or benefit (someone or something).

    formal · obsolete · rare · transitive
  5. To carry on or continue (an activity).

    formal · obsolete · possibly · rare · transitive
  6. To contribute or lead to a specific result.

    formal · intransitive
  7. To be advantageous to; to advantage, to benefit.

    formal · intransitive · obsolete
Where this word comes from

PIE word *ḱóm From Late Middle English conducen (“to guide, lead; (surgery) to draw together (edges of a wound, or parts of a torn sinew); to set (a broken bone)”), borrowed from Latin condūcere, the present active infinitive of condūcō (“to bring, draw, or lead together, assemble, collect; to contribute to something by being useful, be of use, be conducive to”), from con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of several things) + dūcō (“to conduct, guide, lead, lead away”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull; to lead (pull behind oneself)”)). Doublet of conduct and conn.

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