- 1a person who stands in front of an orchestra, a group of singers etc., and directs their performance, especially somebody who does this as a profession the principal conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivegreat, famous, chief, … prepositionconductor of, conductor with phrasesthe conductor’s baton See full entry See related entries: People in the music world
- 2 (British English also guard) a person who is in charge of a train and travels with it, but does not drive it See related entries: Train and bus travel
- 3 (British English) a person whose job is to collect money from passengers on a bus or train or check their tickets a bus conductor See related entries: People in motoring
- 4(physics) a substance that allows electricity or heat to pass along it or through it Wood is a poor conductor. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveexcellent, good, bad, … See full entry See related entries: Electronics see also lightning conductor Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a military leader): via Old French from Latin conductor, from conducere ‘bring together’.
conductor
nounBrE BrE//kənˈdʌktə(r)//; NAmE NAmE//kənˈdʌktər//
Electronics, People in motoring, Train and bus travel, People in the music worldCheck pronunciation: conductor
