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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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SAG-AFTRA also said the union is prepared to take “legal actions related to the company’s conduct over the last several weeks.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Under Bilirakis’s proposal, the commission would conduct a review of financial outlooks for both Social Security and Medicare, evaluate policy options and provide Congress with recommendations aimed at ensuring that both programs remain sustainable.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

There’s usually a monthslong waiting list and instructors travel the world to conduct them, said executive director Laura Lindenfeld.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The public was left in the dark about the agency’s conduct.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Meantime, Mr. Rochester affirmed I was wearing him to skin and bone, and threatened awful vengeance for my present conduct at some period fast coming.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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