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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 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

Phil, he said his first priority was to conduct “Cantata Criolla.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The departures after the CEO’s personal conduct was found to violate the company code.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 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

“I have gone off into that state, hours and hours, on account of Matthew’s strange and inexplicable conduct, and nobody has thanked me.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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