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conduit
UK /ˈkɒnd(j)ʊɪt/ US /ˈkɑnd(j)ʊɪt/
noun 5
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4ADJ.
considered
VERB + CONDUIT
channel, running
CONDUIT + NOUN
week
PREP.
from
Definitions
noun
1
A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
This channel is a conduit to send the excess water back to the millpond.
2
A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
Last week the electricians were running conduit, and this week they'll be pulling cable.
3
A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
4
A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
The medium considered herself a conduit for messages from the spirit world.
Francis, by contrast, was at pains to listen and act, going so far in 2023 as to call a curiously named synod on synodality in his anxiety to make the process work better as a conduit between the centre and the outposts of his global church.
5
A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
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This channel is a conduit to send the excess water back to the millpond.
Wiktionary02
Last week the electricians were running conduit, and this week they'll be pulling cable.
Wiktionary03
The medium considered herself a conduit for messages from the spirit world.
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