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How to pronounce conductor in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms director, music director
Type of musician
Has types drum majorette, bandleader, bandmaster, majorette, drum major
Derivation conduct
Type Words
Type of device
Has types heat sink, wire, waveguide, electrode, bypass, cable, semiconductor, conducting wire, cord, line, lightning rod, electric cord, electrical shunt, lightning conductor, wave guide, transmission line, shunt, semiconductor unit, semiconductor device, bus, busbar
Derivation conduct
Type Words
Type of material, stuff
Has types silver, cu, ag, atomic number 29, semiconductor, atomic number 47, semiconducting material, copper
Derivation conduct
Type Words
Type of accumulator, collector, gatherer
Has types conductress

Examples of conductor

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Hype over the Los Angeles Philharmonic's dashing new conductor is unprecedented.
From the online.wsj.com
Conductor Timm Rolek kept the orchestra at a lively pace throughout the evening.
From the sacbee.com
For a conductor, finding artistic balance onstage can be the greatest challenge.
From the bostonherald.com
Conductor Donald Portnoy fashioned long melodic lines with nobility and feeling.
From the thestate.com
Hagy has been a guest conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony and Omaha Symphony.
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The Nashville Symphony will also perform, led by guest conductor David Hamilton.
From the tennessean.com
George Isaac won the bid to be guest conductor that night, but could not attend.
From the toledoblade.com
The Asia tour will be the first international event with the Austrian conductor.
From the post-gazette.com
He worked as a brakeman on passenger trains and then as a conductor years later.
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  • The person who leads a musical group
  • A substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat
  • The person who collects fares on a public conveyance
  • A device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
  • Conductor is an album by North Carolina indie rock band The Comas. The album was recorded by Alan Weatherhead at Sound of Music in Richmond, Va. It features Herod on guitars and vocals, Gehweiler also on guitars and vocals, Justin Williams on bass and baritone guitars and Cameron Weeks on drums.
  • A rain gutter (also known as eaves trough, eaves channel guttering or simply as a gutter) is a narrow channel, or trough, forming the component of a roof system which collects and diverts rainwater shed by the roof.
  • Conductor (Cdr) is an appointment held by a few selected Warrant Officers Class 1 in the Royal Logistic Corps and is the most senior appointment that can be held by a warrant officer in the British Army. ...
  • In algebraic number theory, the conductor of a finite abelian extension of local or global fields provides a quantitative measure of the ramification in the extension. The definition of the conductor is related to the Artin map.
  • Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors.