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# conducive

adjective (conducive, more conducive)

«conducive» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(formal) Conducive to something means helping it to happen: «A quiet room is conducive to study». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conducive/#m1)

### In the lessons

In formal writing and exam questions, «conducive to» means «good for» or «helps». Teachers say a tidy classroom is conducive to learning. In science, warm damp conditions are conducive to mould growth.

### Examples

- A quiet room is conducive to learning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conducive/#x1)
- Warm, wet weather is conducive to mould. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conducive/#x2)
- Shouting is not conducive to good teamwork. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conducive/#x3)
- The calm music was conducive to sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conducive/#x4)
- Too much screen time is not conducive to healthy eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conducive/#x5)
- The conditions were conducive to a big storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conducive/#x6)

### Note

Formal. Always followed by «to». Pronounced «kon-DYOO-siv». Do not mix up with «conductive» (lets electricity or heat pass through).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «conducive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conducive/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«conducive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/conducive.html) on Mova free.