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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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