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conduct
[ noun kon-duhkt; verb kuhn-duhkt ]
noun
- personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
Synonyms: actions, comportment, demeanor, manners
- direction or management; administration:
the conduct of a business.
Synonyms: government, guidance
- the act of conducting; guidance:
The curator's conduct through the museum was informative.
- Obsolete. a guide; an escort.
verb (used with object)
- to behave or manage (oneself):
He conducted himself well.
- to direct in action or course; manage; carry on: to conduct a test.
to conduct a meeting;
to conduct a test.
Synonyms: administer, supervise
- to direct (an orchestra, chorus, etc.) as leader.
- to lead or guide; escort:
to conduct a tour.
- to serve as a channel or medium for (heat, electricity, sound, etc.):
Copper conducts electricity.
verb (used without object)
- to lead.
- to act as conductor, or leader of a musical group, by communicating a specific interpretation of the music to the performers by motions of a baton or the hands.
conduct
noun
- the manner in which a person behaves; behaviour
- the way of managing a business, affair, etc; handling
- rare.the act of guiding or leading
- rare.a guide or leader
verb
- tr to accompany and guide (people, a party, etc) (esp in the phrase conducted tour )
- tr to lead or direct (affairs, business, etc); control
- tr to do or carry out
conduct a survey
- tr to behave or manage (oneself)
the child conducted himself well
- to control or guide (an orchestra, choir, etc) by the movements of the hands or a baton Also (esp US)direct
- to transmit (heat, electricity, etc)
metals conduct heat
Derived Forms
- conˈductible, adjective
- conˌductiˈbility, noun
Other Words From
- con·duct·i·ble adjective
- con·duct·i·bil·i·ty [k, uh, n-duhk-t, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
- non·con·duc·ti·bil·i·ty noun
- non·con·duc·ti·ble adjective
- pre·con·duct verb (used with object)
- re·con·duct verb (used with object)
- un·con·duct·i·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of conduct1
Word History and Origins
Origin of conduct1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
There is, however, a separate wing of AQAP designed to inspire their followers to conduct attacks against the West.
Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.
Before his writing days, London used the Oakland establishment to conduct his studies.
By drawing boundaries against wrongful conduct, law provides a protective zone of freedom within those boundaries.
Were they innocent victims or did they conduct themselves in a manner that would naturally lead to their demise?
The watchword of conduct that will clear up all our difficulties is, the plain truth.
Here was a return for his frankness—his straightforward conduct—his unequalled liberality.
And there is much in the common experience of life and the common conduct of business that seems to support this view.
As against the pain she inflicted, he had been generous, long-suffering— therefore his conduct was 'beautiful and precious.'
Be this as it may, his conduct during the campaign justified the suspicion with which he was regarded by friend and foe.
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