Conductor Meaning
/kənˈdʌktɚ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
nounA person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
Sentence Examples
The band played marvellously under the baton of a new conductor.
Judging from his appearance, he must be the conductor.
The train conductor collected tickets from all the passengers.
CEFR Practice Quiz
In the orchestra, the ____ raised his baton to begin the symphony.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The angry train ____ quickly checked the tickets of all the seated passengers.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…]Zeal, the blind conductor of the will;"
— 1687, [John Dryden], “The Third Part”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 96:
""[…] And one of the things that makes me feel safe is when I see the conductor.""
— 2022 April 6, “Network News: Booze ban continues as part of move to prioritise women's safety”, in RAIL, number 954, page 6:
"Falling conductors may come in contact with grounded objects or puddles of water."
— 1952, Safety Maintenance:
"The failure of HIF detection leads to potential hazard to human beings and potential fire. HIFS are usually caused by falling conductors coming into contact with a surface having poor conductivity."
— 1997, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Fourth International Conference on Advances in Power System Control, Operation & Management, 11-13 November 1997, Institution of Electrical Engineers:
"If c is the conductor ideal for R in R then prime ideals not containing c correspond to localizations yielding discrete valuation rings."
— 1988, F van Oystaeyen, Lieven Le Bruyn, Perspectives in ring theory:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In the orchestra, the ____ raised his baton to begin the symphony.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The angry train ____ quickly checked the tickets of all the seated passengers.