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conducted
[ kuhn-duhk-tid ]
adjective
- directed, managed, or carried on:
This is a carefully conducted study of the effect of exposure to certain chemicals on pregnant women.
- led, guided, or escorted:
Conducted tours of the Abbey and grounds are available.
- (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.
- (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.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of conduct ( def ).
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Other Words From
- un·con·duct·ed adjective
- well-con·duct·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of conducted1
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Example Sentences
The army has since conducted a brutal wave of jailings against activists and journalists.
To reclaim it, he had to move beyond established conventions about how a literary career should be conducted.
They were conducted entirely in Hebrew, a language the U.S. native does not speak, although he was provided a translator.
In 1953, Les Cahiers devoted an issue to Hitchcock, including an interview conducted by André Bazin, the editor of the magazine.
This past May, NBC News and The Wall Street Journal conducted a joint poll on body art.
More laborers are needed for the Jesuit missions, as well as for those conducted by the friars.
He, therefore, did as he said; made no further observation, but conducted himself to his young friend with grave distance.
He himself, seeing the door opened by Licentiate Legaspi in the case of the other woman, conducted the cause.
Since then the whole of the trade of transit by rail has been conducted by the companies owning the lines.
Having conducted Mrs. Irvin to the seat, the Egyptian bowed and retired again through the doorway by which they had entered.
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