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conduct
[ noun kon-duhkt; verb kuhn-duhkt ]
noun
- personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
Synonyms: , , ,
- direction or management; administration:
the conduct of a business.
Synonyms: ,
- the act of conducting; guidance:
The curator's conduct through the museum was informative.
- Obsolete. a guide; an escort.
verb (used with object)
- to behave or manage (oneself):
He conducted himself well.
Synonyms: ,
- to direct in action or course; manage; carry on: to conduct a test.
to conduct a meeting;
to conduct a test.
Synonyms: ,
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- 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.
conduct
noun
- 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
verb
- 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
Derived Forms
- Dzˈܳپ, adjective
- Dzˌܳپˈٲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- Dz·ܳ·· adjective
- Dz·ܳ····ٲ [k, uh, n-duhk-t, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
- ԴDz·Dz·ܳ·پ···ٲ noun
- ԴDz·Dz·ܳ·پ· adjective
- ·Dz·ܳ verb (used with object)
- ·Dz·ܳ verb (used with object)
- un·Dz·ܳ·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of conduct1
Word History and Origins
Origin of conduct1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
A report found that the facility had gone decades without conducting criminal background checks on its staff.
Trump conducted his own informal poll in Tuesday's remarks, asking the crowd for their favourite Biden nicknames.
“The evidence before the Court is that Border Patrol agents under DHS authority engaged in conduct that violated well-established constitutional rights,” she wrote.
It says it has conducted one of the largest known ornithology surveys in the world as part of the application process and that it disagrees strongly with the points put forward in the letter.
The five-member team, nicknamed "the plumbers," was created by the Nixon White House to conduct espionage against perceived foes.
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When To Use
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 .
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