conduce

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈdjuːs/, /-ˈd͡ʒuːs/ (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈd(j)us/ Rhymes: -uːs Hyphenation: con‧duce === Verb === conduce (third-person singular simple present conduces, present participle conducing, simple past and past participle conduced) (formal) (transitive, obsolete) To cause (something) to occur; to bring about. To contribute (something). (also figuratively) To conduct or lead (someone or something). (rare) To advantage or benefit (someone or something). Synonym: profit (rare, possibly) To carry on or continue (an activity). (intransitive) To contribute or lead to a specific result. Synonyms: promote, subserve Antonym: (obsolete, rare) disconduce (obsolete) To be advantageous to; to advantage, to benefit. Synonym: profit ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== adduce conduct induce reduce seduce ==== Translations ==== === References === == Galician == === Verb === conduce inflection of conducir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Italian == === Verb === conduce third-person singular present indicative of condurre === Anagrams === cucendo == Latin == === Verb === condūce second-person singular present active imperative of condūcō === Noun === conduce ablative singular of condux == Romanian == === Alternative forms === кондуче (conduce) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin condūcere (“lead, bring or draw together”), from con- +‎ dūcō (“lead”), based on the conjugation of duce. Compare French conduire. First attested in c. 1840. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /konˈdu.t͡ʃe/ Rhymes: -ut͡ʃe Hyphenation: con‧du‧ce === Verb === a conduce (third-person singular present conduce, past participle condus, third-person subjunctive conducă) 3rd conjugation (transitive) to rule, lead (be a leader) (ambitransitive) to drive a vehicle (transitive) to lead (accompany for guidance) Synonyms: acompania, călăuzi, însoți (intransitive) to lead (be ahead in score) (transitive) to conduct, lead (do) a conduce negocieri ― to lead negotiations (transitive, physics) to conduct (transmit, act as conductor) Synonym: transmite (intransitive, uncommon) to lead to [with la] Synonym: duce ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “conduce”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Spanish == === Verb === conduce inflection of conducir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative