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conn

USKAHN/kɑn/UKKON/kɒn/

Verbconns, conning, conned

2 meanings of conn

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  1. 1
    noununcountable
    The job of giving the orders that steer a ship, as when an officer takes the conn.

    The captain walked onto the bridge and took the conn.

    Who has the conn while the captain is asleep?

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  2. 2
    verbtransitive
    To guide a ship by telling the person at the wheel how to steer it, often through a narrow passage.

    An old fisherman offered to conn our boat through the rocks.

    The captain conned the ferry past the sandbars while a young sailor held the wheel.

    Similarpilot, navigate, steer

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Origin

It is another form of the older word cond, which goes back to a Latin word meaning "to lead together."