conduct
Use Conduct in a sentence
dʌkt; noun
1.
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.
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Origin:
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
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
Related forms
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
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| conduct | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the manner in which a person behaves; behaviour |
| 2. | the way of managing a business, affair, etc; handling |
| 3. | rare the act of guiding or leading |
| 4. | rare a guide or leader |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (tr) to accompany and guide (people, a party, etc) (esp in the phrase conducted tour) |
| 6. | (tr) to lead or direct (affairs, business, etc); control |
| 7. | (tr) to do or carry out: conduct a survey |
| 8. | (tr) to behave or manage (oneself): the child conducted himself well |
| 9. | Also (esp US): direct to control or guide (an orchestra, choir, etc) by the movements of the hands or a baton |
| 10. | to transmit (heat, electricity, etc): metals conduct heat |
| [C15: from Medieval Latin conductus escorted, from Latin: drawn together, from condūcere to | |
| con'ductible | |
| —adj | |
| conducti'bility | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
conduct
c.1400, from L. conductus, pp. of conducere "to lead or bring together" (see conduce). Noun sense of "behavior" is first recorded 1670s; verb sense of "convey" is from early 15c.
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Medical Dictionary
conduct con·duct (kən-dŭkt')
v. con·duct·ed, con·duct·ing, con·ducts
To act as a medium for conveying something such as heat or electricity. n.
(kŏn'dŭkt') The way a person acts, especially from the standpoint of morality.
con·duc'tive adj.
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Example sentences
Scientists and physicians conduct translative research.
Superconductors conduct high electric currents without heating up or losing power when they are cooled.
Messages were transmitted to friends on neighboring farms, using the barbed wire of their fences to conduct electric signals.
So of course there has been little done in this area to conduct scientific excavations.
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