conducted

American  

[kuhn-duhk-tid] / kənˈdʌk tɪd /

adjective

1. directed, managed, or carried on.

   This is a carefully conducted study of the effect of exposure to certain chemicals on pregnant women.

2. led, guided, or escorted.

   Conducted tours of the Abbey and grounds are available.

3. (of an orchestra, chorus, etc., or a musical performance) directed by a conductor.

   In this program, instrumental music students enroll in large conducted ensembles for a total of 8 semesters.

4. (of heat, electricity, or sound) carried or channeled by some object or medium.

   More than 45% of the energy produced by solid-state devices is light, and the remainder is conducted heat, which warms the air and increases the air conditioning load.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of conduct.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• well-conducted
  adjective
• unconducted
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of conducted

conduct ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

To evaluate the fuel, Bruno, Lozano, and former MIT graduate student Matthew Corrado conducted a series of experiments using electrospray thrusters powered by ASCENT.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

According to a 2011 paper from University of Notre Dame professor Lee Gettler, part of the largest study on fatherhood and testosterone ever conducted, men averaged around a 25% drop in testosterone after becoming fathers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In the past, live-fire drills were often conducted at a remote launch test site off Taiwan’s southeastern coast, facing the Pacific Ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

But the ASA said the way the testing was conducted "was a significant limitation" as there was no placebo group, and the sample size was "relatively small".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

They conducted trade along roads that crisscrossed the land masses and waterways of the American continents.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz