Conducive
11conducive — [[t]kəndju͟ːsɪv, AM du͟ːsɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, usu ADJ to n/ ing If one thing is conducive to another thing, it makes the other thing likely to happen. Make your bedroom as conducive to sleep as possible... Sometimes the home… …
12conducive — adjective be conducive to formal if a situation is conducive to something such as work, rest etc, it provides conditions that make it easy for you to work etc: With so much noise outside, the room is hardly conducive to work …
13conducive — con|du|cive [ kən dusıv ] adjective conducive to creating a situation that helps something to happen: Teachers need to create a classroom atmosphere that is conducive to learning …
14conducive — UK [kənˈdjuːsɪv] / US [kənˈdusɪv] adjective creating a situation that helps something to happen conducive to: Teachers need to create an atmosphere that is conducive to learning …
15conducive — adj. (often foll. by to) contributing or helping (towards something) (not a conducive atmosphere for negotiation; good health is conducive to happiness) …
16conducive — adjective Date: 1646 tending to promote or assist < an atmosphere conducive to education > • conduciveness noun …
17conducive — conduciveness, n. /keuhn dooh siv, dyooh /, adj. tending to produce; conducing; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually fol. by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health. [1640 50; CONDUCE + IVE] * * * …
18conducive — adjective Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result. A small, dark kitchen is not conducive to elaborate cooking. Syn: supportive Ant: inconducive, unconducive …
19conducive — Synonyms and related words: agential, agentival, agentive, aidful, assisting, beneficial, conducive to, constructive, contributory, employable, facilitating, favoring, forwarding, furthersome, good for, handy, helpful, inclined toward, inclining… …
20conducive — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. accessory, contributory, favorable, promoting; see helpful 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [kun DOO siv] leading to or promoting. Rain pattering on the roof is conducive to good sleep. SYN.:… …