conduct

[ noun kon-duhkt; verb kuhn-duhkt ]

/ noun ˈkɒn dʌkt; verb kənˈdʌkt /

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noun

personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.

direction or management; execution: the conduct of a business.

the act of conducting; guidance; escort: 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.

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.

verb (used without object)

to lead.

to act as conductor, or leader of a musical group, by communicating to the performers by motions of a baton or the hands his or her interpretation of the music.

Nearby words

condor, condorcet, condottiere, conduce, conducive, conduct, conduct disorder, conductance, conductimetry, conducting tissue, conductiometric titration

Origin of conduct

1250–1300; late Middle English < Medieval Latin conductus escort, noun use of Latin conductus (past participle of condūcere to conduce), equivalent to con- con- + duc- lead + -tus past participle suffix; replacing Middle English conduyt(e) < Anglo-French < Latin as above; see conduit

SYNONYMS FOR conduct

1 demeanor, comportment, actions, manners.

2 guidance, administration.

5 deport, bear.

6 supervise, administer.

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Related forms

con·duct·i·ble, adjectivecon·duct·i·bil·i·ty, nounnon·con·duc·ti·bil·i·ty, nounnon·con·duc·ti·ble, adjective

pre·con·duct, verb (used with object)re·con·duct, verb (used with object)un·con·duct·ed, adjectiveun·con·duct·i·ble, adjectivewell-con·duct·ed, adjective

Synonym study

1. See behavior. 8. See guide.

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Examples from the Web for conduct

There is, however, a separate wing of AQAP designed to inspire their followers to conduct attacks against the West.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro|Bill Conroy|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Before his writing days, London used the Oakland establishment to conduct his studies.
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Were they innocent victims or did they conduct themselves in a manner that would naturally lead to their demise?
The Post-Brown and Garner Question: Who ‘Deserves’ to Die?|Goldie Taylor|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I pledge to conduct a full and fair investigation and to give the grand jury all of the information necessary to do its job.
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He was of opinion that, upon their conduct at this crisis depended the future destinies of the Netherlands.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume III.(of III) 1574-84|John Lothrop Motley
Under all the circumstances the conduct of the troops was admirable.
A Virginia Village|Charles A. Stewart
Germans are born chorus singers, and their great men do not sing themselves, but conduct the singing of others.
Greifenstein|F. Marion Crawford
If we pursue this subject, it will conduct us far beyond the sight of mere temporal punishment.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II|Francis Augustus Cox
Hence the motives of his conduct to Apaecides, strengthened as these were, in that instance, by his passion for Ione.
The Last Days of Pompeii|Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for conduct

conduct

noun (ˈkɒndʌkt)

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 (kənˈdʌkt)

(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 outconduct 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 batonAlso (esp US): direct

to transmit (heat, electricity, etc)metals conduct heat

Derived Forms

conductible, adjectiveconductibility, noun

Word Origin for conduct

C15: from Medieval Latin conductus escorted, from Latin: drawn together, from condūcere to conduce

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Medicine definitions for conduct

conduct

[ kən-dŭkt′ ]

v.

To act as a medium for conveying something such as heat or electricity.

n.

The way a person acts, especially from the standpoint of morality.

Related forms

con•duc′tive adj.