conduit
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈkɒndɪt/
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conducto
- The video store is the place, but often times, it's just a conduit for us to have conversations with other humans, and that's really beautiful, and something we will never get with streaming.
- a conduit for water
- a flexible conduit
- a conduit for information
In fact, both the conduit and this conduit curve forwards slightly.
- In fact, both the conduit and this conduit curve forwards slightly.
- But, like, electrical conduit is not the same as water.
Examples
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Suter describes himself as the "conduit" among the court, lawyers, litigants, and the public.
Academic text (2011) -
So let's put this conduit into all of these.
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But, like, electrical conduit is not the same as water.
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Nevertheless, this was the conduit through which all her food had to pass.
Fiction book (2002) -
The new media are not simply a conduit for disseminating the same information.
Academic text (1999) -
A school library is a conduit to equitable access to information.
Academic text (2015) -
This conduit runs almost to the uplink assembly.
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Business enterprise, therefore, will largely replace geographic jurisdictions as conduits of government support for economic and human development.
Academic text (1991) -
In Brandeis, Balfour had found the right conduit to get his ideas regarding Palestine across to Wilson.
Academic text (1990) -
The plumber installed a new conduit to carry the water from the main line to the house.
Synonyms
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4.1
A tube that carries a liquid or gas from one place to another
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6.8
A pipe under a road or railway that lets water flow
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1.0
A tube that carries water into a house or building
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4.9
A pipe that carries water from the edge of a roof
A pipe that carries oil or gas from a well to a processing plant
Compounds
- Specialized
A tube surgeons use to carry blood around a blocked or damaged vessel
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word conduit comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and ducere 'to lead', and it shares the same root as English duct and conduct. So a conduit is literally a channel that 'leads' water, wires, or other things from one place to another.