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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

Etymology

Origin of conducted

conduct ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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conducted

The front-runner was Francesca Hong, a State Assemblywoman and DSA member who, according to the scant few surveys conducted, held a dominant lead over the moderate candidates in the field.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

The decision comes after North Korea this month conducted ballistic missile tests that are banned by the United Nations.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

In Indianapolis on Saturday, officials conducted 56 water rescues and one man was transported to the hospital, according to the Indianapolis Fire Department.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Also conducted by UT Health San Antonio, it became a major, long-term observational study focused on chronic diseases, healthy aging and the process through which older adults develop disabilities.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

This experiment is known as ‘Pascal’s barrel’, although there is no evidence he conducted it himself; he did conduct experiments designed to illustrate the principle involved, but that had already been described by Mersenne.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton