adjective · academic
conducive
UK/kənˈdjuːsɪv/US/kənˈduːsɪv/con·DU·cive
Band 6-7speakingtask2
making a particular outcome likely or possible; favourable to
Examples
“A quiet room is conducive to concentrated study.”
“Policies that are conducive to economic growth often include investment in education.”
“Good lighting and comfortable chairs are conducive to productive meetings.”
Band 8 sentence
“A quiet, well-equipped library is conducive to concentrated study and therefore improves students' academic performance.”
Collocations
- conducive to (something)
- conducive environment/atmosphere
Word family
conducive adjectiveconduce verbconduciveness noun
Common mistakes
conducive to reduce→conducive to reducing
conducive for→conducive to
Say it for a higher band
5helpful→6favourable→7+conducive
Synonyms
favourable
helpful
Easily confused
conductive
“Copper is highly conductive, which is why it's used in electrical wiring.”
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