conduce
/kənˈd(j)us/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And vvell aſſured you may be, the King's Highneſs upon Sight of theſe your ſaid Letters, not only much commended your great Diligence and provident Dexterity, in the vviſe conducing of theſe his vveighty Matters, vvhereby ye have deſerved his ſingular Favour and Thanks, but alſo took great Rejoicing, Conſolation and Comfort, in this honourable, princely and loving Demeanour of the ſaid French King: […]"
- "[T]he King's Grace vvell knovveth, perceiveth, and taketh, that more could not have been done, excogitated, or deviſed, than ye have largely endeavoured your ſelf unto for conducing the King's purpoſe, […]"
- "At laſt to conduce things to ſome order out of this Chaos of confuſion, their moſt learned Hiſtorian Elifarni, tooke vpon him to make ſtraight theſe crooked poſtures: […]"
- "VVithin my ſoule there doth conduce a fight / Of this ſtrange nature, that a thing inſeparat, / Diuides more vvider then the skie and earth: […]"
- "The reaſons you alleadge, do more conduce / To the hot paſſion of diſtempred blood, / Then to make vp a free determination / Tvvixt right and vvrong: […]"
- "The Boaring of Holes, in that kinde of VVood, and then laying it abroad, ſeemeth to conduce to make it Shine: […]"
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dewk-, conducen, condūcere
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kənˈd(j)us/
- British English: /kənˈdjuːs/
Usage
Inflected Forms
conduces (present, singular)
conducing (participle, present)
conduced (participle, past)
conduced (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
conduced (first person, past)
conducest (archaic, present)
conduced (past, second person)
conducedst (archaic, past)
conduceth (archaic, present)
conduced (past, singular)
Derived Forms
conduceful
conducement
conducency
conducer
conducing
conducive
conducively
conduciveness
disconduce
disconducive
inconducive
unconducive
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
Antonyms
disconduce