Words / B2

k-uh-n-DUKT-uh/kənˈdʌktə/

A conductor is a person who directs an orchestra, or a material that allows heat or electricity to pass; also a person who collects fares on a bus: a bus conductor; an electrical conductor. Insulator is the materials opposite; director is a looser music twin. Copper is a conductor in the circuit practical. Mix-up: conductor vs conduit; conductor vs compositor; do not write conductor for a playlist slogan with no named person or material.

Meaning

A person who directs an orchestra, or a material that allows heat or electricity to pass; also a person who collects fares on a bus.

Examples

• “Copper is a conductor in the circuit practical; name the conductor in the concert review — specify.”
• “A bus conductor featured in the transport memoir, which is the fare-collector sense — still name the route if given.”

Good to know

an orchestra / bus conductor; an electrical / thermal conductor. Opposite (physics): insulator. Trap: conduit. Physics, music, and transport. A director of musicians, a fare collector, or a material that carries current — specify.

Near in meaning

director, maestro, fare collector

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