#£? — see also air conditioning
condo /'knndao; /Mm£ 'kaindou/ noun (pi. -os) [NAmE, informal) = condominium
condol-ence
/kan'daulans;
NAmE-'dou-/ noun [C, usually pi., u] sympathy that
you feel for sb when a person in their family or that they know well has died;
an expression of this sympathy rh Pf ; St Pit : to give/offer/ express your
condolences A th It Ps 0 Our condolences go
to his wife and family. [
con dom /'knndDm; NAmE 'kaindam/ noun 1 (BrE also sheath) (also NAmE formal or technical 7fti« prophy-lac- tic) a thin rubber covering
that a man wears over his penis during sex to stop a
woman from becoming pregnant or to protect against disease ( l&i?, 2 female condom a thin rubber
device that a woman wears
inside her vagina during sex to prevent herself from
becoming pregnant ( A
m )«*
con do min ium /.knnda'miniam; NAmE ,ka:n-/ (also informal condo) noun (especially NAmE) an apartment building
in which each flat/apartment is owned by the person living in it but the
building and shared areas are owned by everyone together; a flat/apartment in
such a building f ) ; -
con-done /kan'daun; NAmE -'doun/ verb to accept behaviour
that is morally wrong or to treat it as if it were not serious il#: [VN] Terrorism can
never be condoned. [also V -ing,
VN
-ing]
con-dor /'kDndo:(r); NAmE ’ka:n-/ noun a large bird of the vulture family, that lives mainly in
nm, xftm (>
con du cive /kan'djuisiv; NAmE -'du:s-/ adj. ~ to sth making it easy, possible
or likely for sth to happen
( aSc^fSTfl ) Chairs in rows are not
as
conducive to discussion as
chairs arranged in a circle.
COI1-(juCt
0»w verb, noun
m verb /kan'dAkt/ 1 [VN] to organize and/or do a particular activity gj. ^ M; 3hfr: to conduct an
experiment/an inquiry/a survey / tfij Tr] /
0 The negotiations have
been conducted in a positive manner. B IR M fr it ^ ^i] 0 2
to direct a group of
people who are singing or
playing music ( ifcP| W & MU ) : [VN] a concert by the
Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Colin Davis ^f-4# *
^.^^rt^mw^^falso v] 3 [VN +adv./prep.] to lead or guide sb
through or around a place *J|#; X ( ^A ) a conducted tour
of
around the ruins of the
ancient city.
^4$iSilko 4 [VN +adv./prep.]
~ yourself ... (formal) to behave in a
particular way ^ih; X. M: He conducted himself
far better than expected. i&MMM l$l?£F
#
^ o 5 [VN] (technical 7jt i§) (of a substance
jfig) to allow heat or electricity to pass along or through it #
#
( M M ) : Copper conducts electricity well.
[1]
noun /'knndAkt; NAmE 'ka:n-/ [U] (formal) 1 a person’s behaviour
in a particular place or in a particular situ- ation ( ) # A, The
sport has a strict code of
conduct. ##'jszyflWA o 2 ~ of sth the way in which a
business or an activity is organized and managed fl^
?£ ; : There was growing criticism of the
government’s conduct of the war.
o — see also safe conduct
con-duct-anee /ken'dAktans/ noun [U] (physics $}) the degree to which an
object allows electricity or heat to pass through it ( 4U ; (
conduction /kan'dAkJn/
noun [u] {physics $) the process by which
heat or electricity passes through a material (
conductive /kan'dAktiv/ adj. (physics tyf) able to conduct electricity, heat, etc. # % ( M % ) W ; tts ## ( ^ ^ ) W ► Con duct
iv-ity /.knndAk'tivati;
NAmE ,ka:n-/ noun [U]
conductive edu cation noun [u] a treatment for people with cerebral palsy that was developed in
mmm, )
con duct or
/kan'dAkta(r)/
noun 1 a person who stands in
front of an orchestra, a group of
singers etc., and directs their performance, especially sb who does this as a
profession ( ) Jb#; HUklt
2
(BrE also guard) a person who is in
charge of a train and travels with it, but does not drive it
?!j A- 3
(BrE) a person whose job is to collect money from passengers
on a bus or check their tickets (
)
WMM: a bus conductor 4 (physics
%) a
substance that allows electricity or heat to pass along it or through it ## ( ) :
Wood is a poor conductor. —see
also LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR
con-duc-tress /kan'dAktras/
noun
(BrE, old-fashioned) a woman who collects money from passengers
on a bus or checks their tickets ( £4kt^
conduit /'knndjuit;
NAmE 'kainduit/ noun 1 (technical
7^#)
a pipe, channel or tube which liquid, gas or electrical wire can pass through ) 14
if , # |f 2 (formal) a person, an
organization or a country that is used to pass things or information to other
people or places 4* ft A; +$$[3: The
organization had acted as a
conduit for money from the arms industry. +
T
cone (BrE also fir cone) ice cream cone traffic cone
cone /kaon; NAmE koun/ noun, verb m noun 1 a solid or hollow object
with a round flat base and sides that slope up to a point ( ) ®]
H
# — picture o solid — see also conic, conical 2 a solid or hollow
object that is shaped like a cone (■ ^ 'll' ^ ^ ^ ■-) lift): a paper cone full of
popcorn 0 the cone of a volcano
A.lL|$£ —see also nose cone 3 (also 'traffic cone) a plastic object shaped
like a cone and often red and white, or yellow, in colour, used on roads to
show where vehicles are not allowed to go, for example while repairs are being
done
4
(also
old-fashioned cornet) a piece of thin crisp
biscuit shaped like a cone, which you can put ice cream in to eat it ( 5 the hard dry fruit of
a pine or fir
tree ( iJ ) a pine cone
—
see also fir cone
a verb ,cone sth-^ off to close a road or part
of a
road by putting a line of
cones across it a-
)
con-fab /'knnfaeb;
NAmE 'ka:n-/ noun (informal) 1 an informal private
discussion or conversation ^ A#i$; j^]i& 2 (NAmE) a meeting or conference of the members