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conduct

[ noun kon-duhkt; verb kuhn-duhkt ]

noun

  1. personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.

    Synonyms: actions, comportment, demeanor, manners

  2. direction or management; administration:

    the conduct of a business.

    Synonyms: government, guidance

  3. the act of conducting; guidance:

    The curator's conduct through the museum was informative.

  4. Obsolete. a guide; an escort.


verb (used with object)

  1. to behave or manage (oneself):

    He conducted himself well.

    Synonyms: bear, deport

  2. to direct in action or course; manage; carry on: to conduct a test.

    to conduct a meeting;

    to conduct a test.

    Synonyms: administer, supervise

  3. to direct (an orchestra, chorus, etc.) as leader.
  4. to lead or guide; escort:

    to conduct a tour.

  5. to serve as a channel or medium for (heat, electricity, sound, etc.):

    Copper conducts electricity.

verb (used without object)

  1. to lead.
  2. 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

  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


verb

  1. tr to accompany and guide (people, a party, etc) (esp in the phrase conducted tour )
  2. tr to lead or direct (affairs, business, etc); control
  3. tr to do or carry out

    conduct a survey

  4. tr to behave or manage (oneself)

    the child conducted himself well

  5. to control or guide (an orchestra, choir, etc) by the movements of the hands or a baton Also (esp US)direct
  6. to transmit (heat, electricity, etc)

    metals conduct heat

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Derived Forms

  • conˌductiˈbility, noun
  • conˈductible, adjective

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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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of conduct1

First recorded in 1250–1300; late Middle English, from Medieval Latin conductus “escort,” noun use of Latin conductus (past participle of condūcere “to lead, bring together”), equivalent to con- con- + duc- “to lead” + -tus past participle suffix; replacing Middle English conduyt(e), from Anglo-French, from Latin as above; conduit; conduce

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Word History and Origins

Origin of conduct1

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

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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

My administration will continue to insist upon professional conduct from all our employees, regardless of their position in state government.

Kondrat said Glossier’s decision to create a code of conduct for customers is also a move that other retail startups should consider emulating.

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Irrational aspects of human behavior—chauvinistic nationalism and racial intolerance—keep us locked in patterns of conduct highly dangerous in the nuclear age, and dangerous in relation to other changes brought about by science.

To many untrained observers there clearly seemed to be wrongful conduct on the part one or both of the companies.

In 2018, an appellate court concluded that the city attorney’s office had broken the State Bar’s rules of professional conduct by breaching a suspect’s right to attorney-client privilege.

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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What are other ways to say conduct?

To conduct oneself is to behave or manage oneself. To conduct a tour is to lead or guide it. How does conduct compare to synonyms guide, direct, and lead? Find out on Thesaurus.com.

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