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• past tense form of conduct.
• past participle of conduct.

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

• unconducted
  adjective
• well-conducted
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of conducted

conduct ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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conducted

To investigate, the Yale team conducted an experiment in which participants took a pill containing either hydrocortisone, a form of cortisol, or an inactive placebo.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Half of France's secondary schools were missing at least one teacher as the school year started in September, according to a survey of more than 1,000 schools conducted by the Snes-FSU teacher union.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Rauh wrote that Solana conducted “on-the-record” interviews with his subjects, but I do not think that term means what he thinks it means.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Law enforcement conducted tests and found no evidence of harmful substances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Settling in the small town of Mirebalais, Farmer found work with a charity called Eye Care Haiti, headquartered in Port-au-Prince, which conducted mobile “outreach clinics” in the countryside.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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