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Definition of Conducive
1. Adjective. Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for. "A contributory factor"
Similar to: Causative
Derivative terms: Conduce, Contribute, Contribute
Definition of Conducive
1. a. Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.
Definition of Conducive
1. Adjective. Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conducive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conducive
Literary usage of Conducive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the Ethics of T.H. Green, Mr. Herbert Spencer, and J. Martineau by Henry Sidgwick (1902)
"... that it assumed too easily a practically complete coincidence between Life
and Pleasure or Happiness—it assumed, that is, that actions conducive to ..."
2. China: Progress and Reform Challenges (2003)
"China has made significant progress in providing a business environment conducive
to FDI China has made significant progress in providing a business ..."
3. The Chief Works of Benedict de Spinoza by Benedictus de Spinoza, Robert Harvey Monroe Elwes (1891)
"... makes use of reason, judge anything to be useful to it, save such things as
are conducive to understanding. Proof.—The effort for self-preservation is ..."
4. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1837)
"... conducive to the security and happiness of the people, when limited to the
exercise of its conceded powers. In never asssuming, even for a well-meant ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1853)
"General Pathology, as conducive to the establishment of Rational Principles for
the Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease. A Course of Lectures, delivered at ..."
6. Pony Tracks by Frederic Remington (1895)
"good - natured rivalry, very conducive to thorough work. It is the opinion of
General Henry that one old troop should always be left at this post as a ..."