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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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Authorities conducted a sting operation in September, arranging to meet her in a hotel room that Mays rented.

From Los Angeles Times

The world's armies "haven't fundamentally rethought how we plan, how we conduct operations, to take advantage" of AI's capabilities, he added.

From Barron's

Following the judge’s decision, O’Bryan Martin, another lawyer representing Williams, said the defense team is disappointed with the judge’s analysis regarding his client’s “individual conduct and circumstances.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Once the course wraps up May 13, she said she wants to conduct an after-action review to determine what worked, what didn’t and how to get more motivated elementary kids into college campuses.

From Los Angeles Times

When the Pentagon first threatened the designation, insiders at Anthropic feared it might affect the company's business with partners that also conduct business with the US government.

From BBC