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conduct

[kon-duhkt, kuhn-duhkt] / ˈkɒn dʌkt, kənˈdʌkt /




VERB
comport oneself
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
WEAK


Usage

What are other ways to say conduct? To conduct is to precede or escort to a place, sometimes with a degree of ceremony: to conduct a guest to his room. Guide implies continuous presence or agency in showing or indicating a course: to guide a traveler. To direct is to give information for guidance, or instructions or orders for a course of procedure: to direct someone to the station. To lead is to bring onward in a course, guiding by contact or by going in advance; hence, figuratively, to influence or induce to some course of conduct: to lead a procession; to lead astray.

Example Sentences

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For several weeks, Haitian police have been conducting a large-scale offensive against gangs in central Port-au-Prince, destroying one home belonging to notorious gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, also known as "Barbecue."

From Barron's

It summoned Tokyo's ambassador, warned its citizens against visiting Japan and conducted joint air drills with Russia.

From Barron's

That legislation directed the National Park Service, which is part of the Interior Department, to “conduct a special resource study of the coastline of Los Angeles.”

From Los Angeles Times

So important is the concept, especially to the conduct of monetary policy, that Federal Reserve officials have mentioned it nearly four dozen times in the past five weeks in public remarks and speeches.

From Barron's

As the search for Nancy Guthrie stretched into its sixth day, the sheriff’s office said Friday that investigators were “conducting follow-up” at her house and in her neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal