conductor
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4.4
- noun
- /kənˈdʌktər/
:
director de orquesta
- The conductor raised his baton, signaling the orchestra to start playing the symphony.
- orchestra conductor
- gestures of a conductor
- conductor and musicians
It's like a conductor looking at a Symphony, right?
- It's like a conductor looking at a Symphony, right?
- And my orchestra conductor cannot shush anything.
- And so you end up being this conductor of a very loud orchestra.
- That's ultimately the conductor's main job, is capturing that groove, so I love it.
- And then we meet, we have the scores and there is a conductor and we have to find this common language.
- Like he's the, he's the conductor of this amazing orchestra, but he's running like this massive operation.
- It I, I didn't like it, but I could do in economics what I couldn't do in music as a performer or a conductor.
- They're kind of like a director or conductor.
Examples
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I'll go see the conductor now.
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Bert Bentley's the best conductor in the north of England.
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Did you ever just watch the conductor?
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Of course, the highest tone is for the best conductor of them all.
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It's like a conductor looking at a Symphony, right?
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And I was able to be the conductor of an orchestra that came down there with all this new technology and a huge online audience.
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The conductor will point at you when he's ready for you to begin.
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So our picture opens with a series of impressions of the conductor and the players.
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Encouraging students to watch the conductor can begin with the first upbeat of every piece.
Academic text (1994) -
Ben is the Symphony conductor in Boston and Roz is a social worker.
Synonyms
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2.9
A person who leads and shapes the creative parts of a film, play, or concert
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7.6
A very skilled conductor or musician who leads an orchestra
16
4.2
A person who leads the music for a group like an orchestra
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3.4
A person who leads a music group like a dance band or orchestra
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6.5
A person who leads a group of singers, often at church
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5.8
A person who leads a band, often a military or marching band
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9.5
A woman who leads an orchestra or collects tickets on buses and trains
A person who leads and trains a choir before performances so the singers perform together
A person who leads the singing in a church choir
Compounds
A metal rod or wire on top of a building that carries lightning into the ground to prevent damage
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word conductor comes from the parts con- ('together') and ducere ('to lead'), so a musical conductor is someone who 'leads together' the musicians and keeps the group playing as one.