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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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“It’s every citizen’s duty to conduct oversight of their government,” he said.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

To uncover this behavior, the team created exceptionally clean graphene samples and carefully measured how they conduct both electricity and heat.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

The president has no constitutional role or authority in the conduct of midterm congressional elections, or presidential elections.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

In a footnote, the plaintiff clarified that his brother was also present at the time of the incident and that neither of them engaged in inappropriate conduct toward the unidentified woman.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

In return for their favor he acted so atrociously that no poet ever tried to explain his conduct.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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