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conducive [kənˈdjuːsɪv] adj
(when postpositive, foll by to) contributing, leading, or tending conduciveness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
conducive adjective favourable, helpful, productive, contributory, calculated to produce, leading, tending Make your bedroom as conducive to sleep as possible. Translations conducive adj → förderlich, dienlich (→ to +dat) conducive [kənˈdjuːsɪv] adj to be conducive to → favorire, essere favorevole a conducive [kənˈdjuːsɪv] adj to be conducive to → favorire, essere favorevole a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| You cannot mean to say that because Polydamas, the pancratiast, is stronger than we are, and finds the eating of beef conducive to his bodily strength, that to eat beef is therefore equally for our good who are weaker than he is, and right and just for us? And why are you so firmly, so triumphantly, convinced that only the normal and the positive--in other words, only what is conducive to welfare--is for the advantage of man? A frenzy fit is not one quarter so pernicious; it is an exercise to the Body and if not too violent, is I dare say conducive to Health in its consequences--Run mad as often as you chuse; but do not faint--" |
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