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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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Trading exchanges are required to conduct market surveillance to safeguard against fraud and manipulation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rigid, gas-filled airships known as Zeppelins conducted the first offensive missions when crews dropped bombs on England during World War I.

From The Wall Street Journal

Because of the challenges of conducting research in Antarctica, the exposure experiment lasted only 10 days.

From Science Daily

She admitted the allegations before the panel and accepted her behaviour amounted to conduct which may bring the profession into disrepute.

From BBC

Tautz says he wants to pursue a career in education policy, so he plans to spend this summer conducting academic research, publishing op-eds and networking in the field.

From The Wall Street Journal