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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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Conducted
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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)
EXPANDre·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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Example Sentences
- His group's first study was conducted in an alley that is frequently used to park bicycles.
- The experiment she conducted involved balancing equations.
- Their study was conducted in the prairie vole, a small rodent that mates for life.
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