"conducive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /kənˈdjuːsɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kənˈdusɪv/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-conducive.wav Forms: more conducive [comparative], most conducive [superlative]
Etymology: From conduce + -ive, 1640s, from Latin condūcere, patterned after forms like conductive. Etymology templates: {{af|en|conduce|-ive}} conduce + -ive, {{der|en|la|condūcere}} Latin condūcere Head templates: {{en-adj}} conducive (comparative more conducive, superlative most conducive)
  1. Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result. Synonyms: instrumental, helpful, favorable Related terms: conduce Translations (tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result): съдействащ (sǎdejstvašt) (Bulgarian), спомагащ (spomagašt) (Bulgarian), благоприятен (blagoprijaten) (Bulgarian), 有助於 (Chinese Mandarin), 有助于 (yǒuzhùyú) (Chinese Mandarin), přínosné (Czech), bevorderlijk (Dutch), bevorderend (Dutch), soodustav (Estonian), edistävä (Finnish), favorable (French), conducente (Galician), dienlich (German), förderlich (German), zuträglich (German), kontributema (Ido), kontributiva (Ido), kondusif (Malay), sprzyjający (Polish), favorável (Portuguese), conducente (Portuguese), propice (Romanian), favorabil (Romanian), favorizant (Romanian), способствующий (sposobstvujuščij) (Russian), favorable (Spanish), befrämjande (Swedish), gynnande (Swedish)

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