0 providing the right conditions for something good to happen or exist:
Such a noisy environment was not conducive to a good night's sleep.
A quiet room is a more conducive atmosphere for studying.
1 providing the right conditions for something to happen or exist:
Our mild climate is conducive to outdoor entertaining.
These kinds of responses were conducive to language development and provided a guide to the students in their thinking about language.
By contrast, a two-syllable suffix attached to the same stem is conducive to a succession of two stressed syllables.
While it may be conducive to bean growth, deep hoeing may be detrimental to bananas or other perennials associated with the trees.
All these conditions, it is suggested, are conducive to inducing dorsal system function in preparing the response to the gap size.
Is frequent religious attendance really conducive to better health?
Most accounts of this change have emphasized the influence of metropolitan interests and ideas more conducive to state involvement in colonial economies.
Popular locations for convalescent institutions were in rural areas or coastal resorts thought to be conducive to recuperation.
The parents' power to punish children is conducive to a better appreciation of what the well-being of their children consists of.
