personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
2.
direction or management; execution: the conduct of a business.
3.
the act of conducting; guidance; escort: The curator's conduct through the museum was informative.
4.
Obsolete. a guide; an escort.
–verb (used with object)
5.
to behave or manage (oneself): He conducted himself well.
6.
to direct in action or course; manage; carry on: to conduct a meeting; to conduct a test.
7.
to direct (an orchestra, chorus, etc.) as leader.
8.
to lead or guide; escort: to conduct a tour.
9.
to serve as a channel or medium for (heat, electricity, sound, etc.): Copper conducts electricity.
–verb (used without object)
10.
to lead.
11.
to act as conductor, esp. of a musical group.
Origin: 1250–1300; late ME < ML conductus escort, n. use of L conductus (ptp. of condūcere to conduce), equiv. to con-con-+ duc- lead + -tus ptp. suffix; r. ME conduyt(e) < AF < L as above; see conduit
To serve as a medium for conveying; transmit: Some metals conduct heat.
To comport (oneself) in a specified way: She conducted herself stoically in her time of grief.
v.
intr.
To act as a conductor.
To lead.
n.
(kŏn'dŭkt')
The way a person acts, especially from the standpoint of morality and ethics.
The act of directing or controlling; management.
Obsolete A guide; an escort.
[Middle English conducten, from Latin condūcere, conduct-, to lead together; see conduce.] con·duct'i·bil'i·ty n., con·duct'i·ble adj.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to exercise direction over an activity: Conduct can apply to the guidance, authority, and responsibility of a single person: The chairperson conducted the hearing. It can also refer to the coordinated actions of a group: The elections were conducted fairly. Direct stresses regulation to assure proper planning and implementation: The seasoned politician directed a brilliant political campaign. Manage suggests the manipulation of a person, a group, or, often, a complex organization: It takes skill to manage a hotel. Control stresses regulation through restraint and also connotes domination: Our vice-president controls the firm's personnel policies. Steer suggests guidance that controls direction or course: I deftly steered the conversation away from politics. See Also Synonyms at accompany, behavior.
[n. kon-duhkt; v. kuh
n-duhkt] 
