Definition of conducive
- an atmosphere conducive to education
the claim that the state's long-standing antitax attitude is conducive to entrepreneurship
the noisy environment of the dorms was not very conducive to studying
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Something conducive "leads to" a desirable result. A cozy living room may be conducive to relaxed conversation, just as a boardroom may be conducive to more intense discussions. Particular tax policies are often conducive to savings and investment, whereas others are conducive to consumer spending. Notice that conducive is almost always followed by to.
adverse, disadvantageous, inconvenient, profitless, unfavorable;
advantageous, beneficial, efficacious, favorable, productive, profitable, salutary;
: making it easy, possible, or likely for something to happen or exist
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