conduct
personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
direction or management; administration: the conduct of a business.
the act of conducting; guidance: The curator's conduct through the museum was informative.
Obsolete. a guide; an escort.
to behave or manage (oneself): He conducted himself well.
to direct in action or course; manage; carry on: to conduct a meeting;to conduct a test.
to direct (an orchestra, chorus, etc.) as leader.
to lead or guide; escort: to conduct a tour.
to serve as a channel or medium for (heat, electricity, sound, etc.): Copper conducts electricity.
to lead.
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.
Origin of conduct
1synonym study For conduct
Other words for conduct
Other words from conduct
- con·duct·i·ble, adjective
- con·duct·i·bil·i·ty [kuhn-duhk-tuh-bil-i-tee], /kənˌdʌk təˈbɪl ɪ ti/, 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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How to use conduct in a sentence
She is also head of the Sabancı Foundation, which conducts female-empowerment programs for women in rural Turkey.
Some of the characters we meet in Inherent Vice prove to be roadblocks to Doc, as he conducts one investigation into the next.
There Will Be Spliffs: ‘Inherent Vice’ Is a Bizarro Stoner Noir | Alex Suskind | October 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYour company conducts three joint patrols with the Iraqi Army each day.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe UAE almost always conducts its diplomacy behind the scenes and rarely issues any public criticism of the United States.
Israel conducts intelligence and special operations actions frequently, but it does not always publicize these activities.
Israel Seizes Iranian Rockets—and Pounces on Tehran for ‘Supplying Terrorists’ | Eli Lake | March 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He conducts this ceremony with the greatest solemnity, occasionally pronouncing these incantatory words, "Plate or shell, sah?"
Physiology of The Opera | John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")Jean Potin keeps up a running flow of talk as he conducts his visitor down the long bare passages, past blistered yellow doors.
Uncanny Tales | VariousIf he conducts fraudulently, he may be removed, but this is not an easy process as corporations long ago found out.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesSecondly, Randolph prayed for safe conducts for Bruce's envoys, presently to be sent to procure reconciliation with the Church.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonWe express an acquired quality by saying, he has ability; in action, by saying, he conducts that affair with ability.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
British Dictionary definitions for conduct
the manner in which a person behaves; behaviour
the way of managing a business, affair, etc; handling
rare the act of guiding or leading
rare a guide or leader
(tr) to accompany and guide (people, a party, etc) (esp in the phrase conducted tour)
(tr) to lead or direct (affairs, business, etc); control
(tr) to do or carry out: conduct a survey
(tr) to behave or manage (oneself): the child conducted himself well
to control or guide (an orchestra, choir, etc) by the movements of the hands or a baton: Also (esp US): direct
to transmit (heat, electricity, etc): metals conduct heat
Origin of conduct
1Derived forms of conduct
- conductible, adjective
- conductibility, noun
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