conduct
/'kɔndəkt/
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Definition
Noun:
- Manner of personal behavior: The way a person acts or behaves, especially in relation to others or in a particular situation.
- Management or direction: The act of leading, guiding, or managing an activity or organization.
Verb:
- To lead or guide: To physically lead someone to a place or to guide an activity.
- To direct a musical performance: To lead an orchestra, choir, or other musical group.
- To behave in a specified way: To act or comport oneself (used reflexively with "oneself").
- To transmit or carry: To serve as a medium for the transmission of heat, electricity, or sound.
- To manage or carry out: To organize and perform a task or operation.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- His professional conduct during the meeting was exemplary.
- The conduct of the investigation was handled by the federal agency.
Verb:
- The usher will conduct you to your seats.
- She learned to conduct the symphony at a very young age.
- You must conduct yourself with dignity in court.
- Copper wires conduct electricity efficiently.
- The committee will conduct a series of interviews.
Advanced Usage
"To conduct business": To carry out commercial or professional activities.
- It is illegal to conduct business without a proper license.
"Code of conduct": A set of rules outlining the expected behavior within a group or organization.
- All employees must adhere to the company's code of conduct.
Variants and Related Words
- Conduction (n): The process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance.
- Conductive (adj): Having the property of conducting something (e.g., heat, electricity).
- Conductor (n): A person who directs an orchestra; a substance that allows the flow of energy.
- Conductivity (n): The degree to which a material can conduct electricity or heat.
Synonyms
- Noun (behavior): Demeanor, deportment, comportment.
- Verb (to lead/guide): Escort, usher, shepherd.
- Verb (to manage): Administer, direct, oversee, carry out.
- Verb (to transmit): Channel, convey, carry.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Conduct away: To lead someone away from a place.
- The police conducted the suspect away from the crowd.
Related Idioms
- Conduct a post-mortem: To analyze a past event, especially a failure, to understand what happened.
- After the project failed, the team conducted a post-mortem to identify the causes.
Noun
- (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
- manner of acting or controlling yourself
Verb
- lead musicians in the performance of
- Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor
- she cannot conduct modern pieces
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- Sound carries well over water
- The airwaves carry the sound
- Many metals conduct heat
- take somebody somewhere
- We lead him to our chief
- can you take me to the main entrance?
- He conducted us to the palace
- behave in a certain manner
- She carried herself well
- he bore himself with dignity
- They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
- lead, as in the performance of a composition; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
- conduct an orchestra
- direct the course of; manage or control
- You cannot conduct business like this