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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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This is not a good-faith effort to police the boundaries of nonprofit conduct.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Warsh said in his opening testimony that he was “committed to ensuring that the conduct of monetary policy remains strictly independent” and that this independence was “essential.”

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026

It informed his conduct as commander in chief of the Continental Army and defined his quest for national unity as president of the United States.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

"Where there are credible allegations of human trafficking, the UK state, even if no victims come forward, has a positive legal obligation to conduct a prompt, effective and independent investigation," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

The young man’s conduct, and his sister’s, seemed the result of real feeling, and she could not but pity them.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen




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