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• past participle of conduct.
• past tense form 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

Etymology

Origin of conducted

conduct ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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conducted

The companies conducted safety studies and then, by 2019, were able to start the mid-stage study that could begin to determine whether the vaccine worked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

"A post-mortem examination will be conducted in coming days to formally confirm ID and determine cause of death," the statement said.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Moreover, excessive speculation, much of it conducted with extreme leverage, led to violent selloffs during that time.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

The experiments were conducted in mice, so further research will be necessary to determine whether the same mechanism operates in humans.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

In England, Kuhn claimed, experimental science flourished from the late seventeenth century onwards, science conducted in the tradition of Bacon.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton