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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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Pathologists are specialist doctors who identify and diagnose diseases and conduct post-mortem examinations on bodies to determine cause of death.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The DRC has limited capacity to conduct laboratory tests to confirm the transmission of cases.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Manifold said that at no point during his tenure did anyone raise with him issues about his conduct or relationship with colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Arcadia officials and Wang’s attorneys said the conduct described by federal authorities occurred before Wang took office.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 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




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