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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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She added that it was "difficult to reconcile" Mackay's record of public service with her conduct that day.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Polymarket, which is based offshore but has attracted many American users, says it analyzes trading for signs of illegal conduct.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Van Dyke had signed an agreement to “never divulge, publish, or reveal,” including through any conduct, what he knew about the operation to capture Maduro, according to the CFTC’s lawsuit against him.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

The government has commissioned UK Sport to conduct an "initial strategic assessment" into a potential bid for the north of England to host the Olympics and Paralympics in the 2040s.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Agent Burger said that the conduct of one of these private detectives was “reprehensible” and was “certainly hurting our investigation.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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