conduit

noun

con·duit ˈkän-ˌdü-ət How to pronounce conduit (audio)

-ˌdyü-,

also -dwət,

-dət

: a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed

a conduit for rainwater

: a pipe, tube, or tile for protecting electric wires or cables

: a means of transmitting or distributing

a conduit for illicit payments

a conduit of information

archaic : fountain

Example Sentences

the major conduit for carrying water to the military base water flowed along the conduit to the fountain

Recent Examples on the Web Being, as Latta described her, a conduit for her own message or that of others.

Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022 As a conduit between national donors and local groups, Way to Win has directed $5 million so far this cycle to Arizona partners and is aiming to pour in $9 million more by November.

Melanie Masonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022 The rangers are there to be a conduit between the public and law enforcement, and will be trained to make the right call when problems might arise.

The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2022 Magbanua was charged in connection with the murder-for-hire plot as the conduit between the Adelsons and the killers.

Grace Pateras, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022 From the earliest days of the Biden administration, he’s been known as a vital conduit between the White House and the progressive community—activist groups on issues like climate change, and more left-leaning Democrats on the Hill.

Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2022 Having established close ties to France’s film community, and the international circuit at large, Khoury has long acted as a conduit between artists and the industry in Egypt and Europe.

Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022 Attackers have gotten increasingly skilled at minimizing their footprint, using the compromised website or service as merely a conduit between victims and external malicious infrastructure, with no visible sign to users that anything's amiss.

Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 28 Nov. 2021 When construction began, though, local newspapers described the project as a potential conduit for sediment—not just a way to preserve marsh, then, but also to rebuild it.

Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English conduyt, condyt, cundyte "channel or pipe for conveying water, act of escorting for protection" borrowed from Anglo-French conduit, condet "channel for water, guide, escort party," (also continental Old French), noun derivative from conduit, past participle of conduire "to guide, escort," going back to Latin condūcere "to bring together, join, hire, accept a contract for" (Medieval Latin also "to lead, escort, provide a channel for [water]") — more at conduce

Note: The senses of the vernacular word conduit parallel those of Medieval Latin conductus, conductum—see conduct entry 2. The verb conduct entry 1 and the nouns conduct entry 2 and conductor all had vernacular counterparts in Middle English and early Modern English—conduiten, conduit and conduytour—taken from Anglo-French. Of these only conduit has survived in Modern English, and with the restricted sense "channel for water."

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	conduit
释义	conduit noun con·duit ˈkän-ˌdü-ət -ˌdyü-, also -dwət, -dət 1 : a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed a conduit for rainwater 2 : a pipe, tube, or tile for protecting electric wires or cables 3 : a means of transmitting or distributing a conduit for illicit payments a conduit of information 4 archaic : fountain Synonyms channel duct leader line penstock pipe trough tube See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the major conduit for carrying water to the military base water flowed along the conduit to the fountain Recent Examples on the Web Being, as Latta described her, a conduit for her own message or that of others. Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022 As a conduit between national donors and local groups, Way to Win has directed $5 million so far this cycle to Arizona partners and is aiming to pour in $9 million more by November. Melanie Masonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022 The rangers are there to be a conduit between the public and law enforcement, and will be trained to make the right call when problems might arise. The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2022 Magbanua was charged in connection with the murder-for-hire plot as the conduit between the Adelsons and the killers. Grace Pateras, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022 From the earliest days of the Biden administration, he’s been known as a vital conduit between the White House and the progressive community—activist groups on issues like climate change, and more left-leaning Democrats on the Hill. Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2022 Having established close ties to France’s film community, and the international circuit at large, Khoury has long acted as a conduit between artists and the industry in Egypt and Europe. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022 Attackers have gotten increasingly skilled at minimizing their footprint, using the compromised website or service as merely a conduit between victims and external malicious infrastructure, with no visible sign to users that anything's amiss. Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 28 Nov. 2021 When construction began, though, local newspapers described the project as a potential conduit for sediment—not just a way to preserve marsh, then, but also to rebuild it. Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English conduyt, condyt, cundyte "channel or pipe for conveying water, act of escorting for protection" borrowed from Anglo-French conduit, condet "channel for water, guide, escort party," (also continental Old French), noun derivative from conduit, past participle of conduire "to guide, escort," going back to Latin condūcere "to bring together, join, hire, accept a contract for" (Medieval Latin also "to lead, escort, provide a channel for [water]") — more at conduce Note: The senses of the vernacular word conduit parallel those of Medieval Latin conductus, conductum—see conduct entry 2. The verb conduct entry 1 and the nouns conduct entry 2 and conductor all had vernacular counterparts in Middle English and early Modern English—conduiten, conduit and conduytour—taken from Anglo-French. Of these only conduit has survived in Modern English, and with the restricted sense "channel for water." First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 conduit noun 1 as in pipe a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas) the major conduit for carrying water to the military base Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance pipe tube channel funnel duct drain piping trough line penstock pipeline leader standpipe drainpipe spout stovepipe main hydrant tile waste pipe smokestack waterspout pipage pipeage 2 as in aqueduct an open man-made passageway for water water flowed along the conduit to the fountain Synonyms & Similar Words aqueduct canal raceway watercourse waterway channel flume river racecourse sluice gutter spillway course sluiceway torrent stream millrace trough floodway rivulet millstream tideway swash
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