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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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The US rapper has subsequently expressed regret for his conduct, blaming it on his bipolar disorder.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

The meeting breached the staff code of conduct, the panel found.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Christopher Joell-Deshields, who denies the allegations, was suspended as chief executive last September when allegations about his conduct came to light.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

“Certain conduct at least arguably crossed the line,” the judge wrote in the order.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Such police conduct, the Court concluded, does not violate the Fourth Amendment’s ban on “unreasonable searches and seizures.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander