conduce

Verb

Verb Forms: conduced, conducing, conduces

To contribute to a result or consequence.
be conducive to
To cause (something) to occur; to bring about.
To contribute (something).
To conduct or lead (someone or something).
To advantage or benefit (someone or something).
To carry on or continue (an activity).
To contribute or lead to a specific result.
To be advantageous to; to advantage, to benefit.

Examples

Careful tile management will CONDUCE to higher scores in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*ḱóm
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.

Synonyms

contribute, lead, profit, promote, subserve

Antonyms

disconduce

Scrabble Score: 12

conduce: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
conduce: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
conduce: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

conduce: valid Words With Friends Word