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con·du·cive
 conducive
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- pronunciation:
- k
 n
du
sihv
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
tending to produce or cause (usu. fol. by "to").
For some people, soft music is conducive to sleep.Encountering the same information on multiple occasions is conducive to remembering it.- antonyms:
- prohibitive
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propitious |
adverb + (adj.)conducive
definitely, hardly, highly, less, more, most, necessarily, particularly
(adj.)conducive
+ noun
achievement,
activity,
agriculture,
breeding,
communication,
concentration,
confidence,
contemplation,
cooperation,
creativity,
democracy,
development,
efficiency,
emergence,
encounter,
erosion,
establishment,
evolution,
experimentation,
expression,
feeling,
formation,
fostering,
growth,
happiness,
harassment,
implementation,
innovation,
interaction,
learning,
maintenance,
meditation,
negotiation,
optimism,
participation,
partnership,
peace,
planning,
preservation,
production,
productivity,
recovery,
reform,
rejection,
relation,
relaxation,
resolution,
romance,
search,
settlement,
sex,
stability,
success,
survival,
thinking,
transition
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| derivation: |
conduciveness (n.) |
The word conducive
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, concentric, conclude, conclusion, condone, conduce, conducive, conduct, conductive, conduction, confer, conference, confidant, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, confluence, conflux, conform, confuse, confusion, congener, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjecture, conjunct, conjunction, conjunctiva, connect, connote, conscript, conscription, consign, consonant, conspiracy, constant, constrain, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, conversant, convince, convict, conviction, convivial, convocation, convoke, inconceivable, inconsonant, inconspicuous, connotation, consequence, consequent
duc, duct
Latin
root
that means lead; draw along
Example words:
abduct, adduce, aqueduct, conduce, conducive, conduct, deduce, deduct, duce, duct, ductile, educate, educe, induce, induct, introduce, oviduct, produce, reduce, seduce, traduce, viaduct
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