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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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Last week, about 80 surveyors and investigators from several state agencies gathered on Friar Street to conduct compliance reviews.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

It’s also the first time a federal agent has been criminally charged for their conduct during the Minneapolis-area operation this winter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Some courts may be less willing to extend trust protections in such cases, though courts do not routinely pierce spendthrift protections simply because the underlying conduct of a beneficiary was wrongful.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

He widely understood that he was potentially liable for a whole array of conduct that was both impeachable and prosecutable.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

From what we'd been told, they'd conduct extensive background checks into our immigration status.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi




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