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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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This week, Brian Panish, the Iskanders’ attorney, told jurors in the Van Nuys courtroom that they needed to award punitive damages for the couple’s “reprehensible” conduct the day of the crash.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In a February town hall with Gates Foundation employees, Gates acknowledged it was a mistake to meet with Epstein and said he had not engaged in any illicit conduct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The BLS informed the GAO that it had tapped an “outside entity” to conduct a new study on the effects of lower survey response rates for the payroll survey data and to identify potential improvements.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The Football Association opened a safeguarding investigation in 2023 after receiving allegations about the conduct of Sullivan, the co-owner and then the co-chair, of West Ham United.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Scoville put acquaintances and relatives on the witness stand to describe the defendant's odd conduct.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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