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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.

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The mission would see him conduct pioneering research spanning human physiology and musculoskeletal adaptation, how prosthetics perform in microgravity, and how people move and balance in space.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Phone numbers associated with the Perfect Child were disconnected or answered with an automated recording saying no one was available, including some used to conduct business as recently as Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

He added that he believes OpenAI and Altman could be liable for potentially up to “billions of dollars” based on their alleged conduct.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

To conduct the research, the team relied on long-read DNA sequencing technology, which can analyze DNA segments ranging from about 10,000 base pairs to more than one million base pairs in length.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Their mission was to march to a nearby village and conduct a search for Viet Cong fighters and weapons.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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