[responsivevoice] conducive [/responsivevoice] [ kuh n-doo-siv ]
The word of the day is ‘conducive’.
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Favourable for
2. Making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible.
3. Being partly responsible for.
4. Contributive
1. A tropical climate is not conducive to the development of practical energy.
2. The harsh lights and cameras were hardly conducive to a relaxed atmosphere.
3. Such an atmosphere is conducive to democracy, if not to conversion.
4. The place and the time were conducive to the highest and most reverential feelings.
5. Green is conducive to feelings of relaxation, repose, quiet, etc.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
helpful, useful, accessory, calculated to produce, contributive, contributory, leading, productive of, promotive, tending, good for, instrumental in, useful for, favourable, beneficial, valuable, advantageous, opportune, propitious, encouraging, promising, convenient, contribute to, lead to, tend to promote, make for, facilitate, favour, aid, assist, help, benefit, encourage etc.
useless, worthless, adverse, discouraging, hindering, unconducive, unfavourable, unhelpful, baneful, muddle, counteractive,
inimical, malignant, cumbersome
Quotation:
I have no time for specialized concerns, working themes or variations that lead to mastery… I like the indefinite, the boundless; I like continual uncertainty. Other qualities may be more conducive to achievement, publicity, success; but they are all outworn – as outworn as ideologies, opinions, concepts and names for things.
Gerhard Richter
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