 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
conduct
noun
1: manner of acting or conducting yourself [syn: {behavior}, {behaviour},
{doings}]
2: (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward
other people [syn: {demeanor}, {demeanour}, {behavior}, {behaviour},
{deportment}]
verb
1: direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct
business like this" [syn: {carry on}, {deal}]
2: lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an
orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for
years" [syn: {lead}, {direct}]
3: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he
bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves
well during these difficult times" [syn: {behave}, {acquit},
{bear}, {deport}, {comport}, {carry}]
4: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound";
"Many metals conduct heat" [syn: {transmit}, {convey}, {carry},
{channel}]
5: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can
you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to
the palace" [syn: {lead}, {take}, {direct}, {guide}]
6: lead musicians in the performance of; "Bernstein conducted
Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct
modern pieces"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Conduct \Con"duct\ (k[o^]n"d[u^]kt), noun [LL. conductus defense,
escort, fr. L. conductus, p. p. of conducere. See {Conduce},
and cf. {Conduit}.]
1. The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.
Christianity has humanized the conduct of war.
--Paley.
The conduct of the state, the administration of its
affairs. --Ld.
Brougham.
2. Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
Conduct of armies is a prince's art. --Waller.
Attacked the Spaniards . . . with great impetuosity,
but with so little conduct, that his forces were
totally routed. --Robertson.
3. Convoy; escort; guard; guide. [Archaic]
I will be your conduct. --B. Jonson.
In my conduct shall your ladies come. --Shak.
4. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a
conduit; an instrument. [Obs.]
Although thou hast been conduct of my shame. --Shak.
5. The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal
deportment; mode of action; behavior.
All these difficulties were increased by the conduct
of Shrewsbury. --Macaulay.
What in the conduct of our life appears
So well designed, so luckily begun,
But when we have our wish, we wish undone? --Dryden.
6. Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
The book of Job, in conduct and diction. --Macaulay.
{Conduct money} (Naut.), a portion of a seaman's wages
retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over
only if his conduct has been satisfactory.
Syn: Behavior; carriage; deportment; demeanor; bearing;
management; guidance. See {Behavior}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Conduct \Con*duct"\ (k[o^]n*d[u^]kt"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p.
{Conducted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conducting}.] [See {Conduct},
n.]
1. To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.
I can conduct you, lady, to a low
But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. --Milton.
2. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry
on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.
Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege.
--Prescott.
3. To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself
well.
4. (Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit,
as heat, light, electricity, etc.
5. (Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a
musical composition.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Conduct \Con*duct"\, verb (used without an object)
1. To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to
carry.
2. To conduct one's self; to behave. [U. S.]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
249 Moby Thesaurus words for "conduct":
accomplish, accomplishment, achievement, acquit, act, action,
actions, activity, acts, address, administer, administration,
affectation, agency, air, arrange, attend, attitude, authority,
be responsible for, bear, bearing, behave, behavior,
behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, bring,
call the signals, canalize, captain, care, carriage, carry,
carry on, carry out, carry through, channel, channelize, chaperon,
charge, command, commission, companion, company, complete,
completion, comport, comportment, conduct to, control, convey,
convoy, cope with, culture pattern, custom, deal with, demean,
demeanor, deport, deportment, direct, direct to, direction,
discharge, dispatch, dispose of, do, doing, doings, drive, driving,
effectuation, employ, enact, enactment, engage in, engineer,
escort, esquire, execute, execution, exercise, fly, folkway,
follow, freight, functioning, funnel, gestures, go in for, go on,
goings-on, govern, governance, government, guard, guidance, guide,
guise, handle, handling, head, head up, husbandry, implementation,
intendance, keep, keep up, lead, lead on, lead to, leadership,
leading, lift, lug, maintien, make, make go, make the rules,
manage, management, managery, managing, maneuver, manhandle,
manipulate, manipulation, manner, manners, marshal, mastermind,
method, methodology, methods, mien, modus vivendi, motions,
movements, moves, observable behavior, occupation, officer,
operancy, operate, operation, ordain, order, ordering, oversee,
pack, pattern, perform, perform on, performance, performing,
perpetration, pilot, pilotage, pipe, play, point out to,
point the way, poise, port, pose, posture, practice, praxis,
prescribe, presence, procedure, proceeding, prosecute,
pull the strings, pursue, put right, put through, quarterback,
quit, regulate, regulation, remove, responsibility, route, rule,
run, running, see, see to, separate, set right, set straight,
shepherd, show, show the way, siphon, skipper, social science,
specialize in, squire, stance, steer, steerage, steering, style,
superintendence, superintendency, supervise, supervision, tackle,
tactics, take, take away, take care of, take command, take on,
take out, take the lead, take to, take up, the conn, the helm,
the wheel, tone, tote, traject, transact, transaction, transmit,
transport, trench, undertake, use, usher, waft, wage, wait on, way,
way of life, ways, whisk, wield the baton, wing, withdraw, work,
work at, working, workings
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