conduct

[ noun kon-duhkt; verb kuhn-duhkt ]

/ noun ˈkɒn dʌkt; verb kənˈdʌkt /

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noun

personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.

direction or management; execution: the conduct of a business.

the act of conducting; guidance; escort: 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 meeting; to conduct a test.

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 to the performers by motions of a baton or the hands his or her interpretation of the music.

Origin of conduct

1250–1300; late Middle English < Medieval Latin conductus escort, noun use of Latin conductus (past participle of condūcere to conduce), equivalent to con- con- + duc- lead + -tus past participle suffix; replacing Middle English conduyt(e) < Anglo-French < Latin as above; see conduit

SYNONYMS FOR conduct

1 demeanor, comportment, actions, manners.

2 guidance, administration.

5 deport, bear.

6 supervise, administer.

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synonym study for conduct

1. See behavior. 8. See guide.

OTHER WORDS FROM conduct

con·duct·i·ble, adjective con·duct·i·bil·i·ty, 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·ed, adjective un·con·duct·i·ble, adjective well-con·duct·ed, adjective

Words nearby conduct

condor, condorcet, condottiere, conduce, conducive, conduct, conduct disorder, conductance, conductimetry, conducting tissue, conductiometric titration

Example sentences from the Web for conducted

The army has since conducted a brutal wave of jailings against activists and journalists.

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To reclaim it, he had to move beyond established conventions about how a literary career should be conducted.

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They were conducted entirely in Hebrew, a language the U.S. native does not speak, although he was provided a translator.

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This past May, NBC News and The Wall Street Journal conducted a joint poll on body art.

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The Daily Beast posted an interview with Whitaker that I had conducted a little more than a week earlier.

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Then I was conducted to the boilers, a row of ten, sunk underground in the solid rock, below the level of the shrubbery.

A Month in Yorkshire |Walter White
The young man was taken through the house and conducted along the street as far as the next ingress to the walls.

Rich Relatives |Compton Mackenzie
He was, moreover, genuinely interested in the men, and wishful to know how they conducted themselves in their new spheres.

A Tatter of Scarlet |S. R. Crockett
Again the door was thrown open, and this time the Dean ushered the Prince into the chamber, and conducted him toward the dais.

The Prince of India, Volume II |Lew. Wallace
They were met with much ceremony at the gate and conducted to the Golden Hall.

A German Pompadour |Marie Hay

British Dictionary definitions for conducted

conduct

noun (ˈkɒndʌkt)

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 (kənˈdʌkt)

(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 of conduct

conductible, adjective conductibility, noun

Word Origin for conduct

C15: from Medieval Latin conductus escorted, from Latin: drawn together, from condūcere to conduce

Medical definitions for conducted

conduct

[ kən-dŭkt′ ]

v.

To act as a medium for conveying something such as heat or electricity.

n.

The way a person acts, especially from the standpoint of morality.

Other words from conduct

con•duc′tive adj.

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conduct

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verb (used without object)

Origin of conduct

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synonym study for conduct

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British Dictionary definitions for conducted

noun (ˈkɒndʌkt)

verb (kənˈdʌkt)

Derived forms of conduct

Word Origin for conduct

Medical definitions for conducted

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conduct

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of conduct

SYNONYMS FOR conduct

synonym study for conduct

OTHER WORDS FROM conduct

Words nearby conduct

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noun (ˈkɒndʌkt)

verb (kənˈdʌkt)

Derived forms of conduct

Word Origin for conduct

Medical definitions for conducted

v.

n.

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British Dictionary definitions for conducted