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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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To conduct the research, the team relied on long-read DNA sequencing technology, which can analyze DNA segments ranging from about 10,000 base pairs to more than one million base pairs in length.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

And the court continues to conduct itself as though Trump is a rational actor who will hear a no as a no.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

"The matter was investigated by Nottinghamshire Police professional standards, who found no evidence to suggest that any conduct was influenced by factors relating to race."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

That interaction on the train prompted me to conduct scientific research on the subject.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

In fact, his conduct approached that of a bully, and he was given to swaggering up and down before Spitz’s very nose.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London




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