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Conduct

Conduct Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Conduct? [n] manner of acting or conducting yourself [n] (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people [v] lead, as in the performance of a musical composition; "conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" [v] lead musicians in the performance of; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces" [v] take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" [v] transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, as of sounds or images; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [v] direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this" [v] behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Conduct: acquit \| bear \| behave \| behavior \| behavior \| behaviour \| behaviour \| carry \| carry \| carry on \| channel \| comport \| convey \| deal \| demeanor \| demeanour \| deport \| deportment \| direct \| direct \| doings \| guide \| lead \| lead \| take \| transmit Related Terms \| Find terms related to Conduct: accomplish \| accomplishment \| achievement \| acquit \| act \| action \| actions \| activity \| acts \| address \| administer \| administration \| affectation \| agency \| air \| arrange \| attend \| attitude \| authority \| be responsible for \| bear \| bearing \| behave \| behavior \| behavior pattern \| behavioral norm \| behavioral science \| bring \| call the signals \| canalize \| captain \| care \| carriage \| carry \| carry on \| carry out \| carry through \| channel \| channelize \| chaperon \| charge \| command \| commission \| companion \| company \| complete \| completion \| comport \| comportment \| conduct to \| control \| convey \| convoy \| cope with \| culture pattern \| custom \| deal with \| demean \| demeanor \| deport \| deportment \| direct \| direct to \| direction \| discharge \| dispatch \| dispose of \| do \| doing \| doings \| drive \| driving \| effectuation \| employ \| enact \| enactment \| engage in \| engineer \| escort \| esquire \| execute \| execution \| exercise \| fly \| folkway \| follow \| freight \| functioning \| funnel \| gestures \| go in for \| go on \| goings-on \| govern \| governance \| government \| guard \| guidance \| guide \| guise \| handle \| handling \| head \| head up \| husbandry \| implementation \| intendance \| keep \| keep up \| lead \| lead on \| lead to \| leadership \| leading \| lift \| lug \| maintien \| make \| make go \| make the rules \| manage \| management \| managery \| managing \| maneuver \| manhandle \| manipulate \| manipulation \| manner \| manners \| marshal \| mastermind \| method \| methodology \| methods \| mien \| modus vivendi \| motions \| movements \| moves \| observable behavior \| occupation \| officer \| operancy \| operate \| operation \| ordain \| order \| ordering \| oversee \| pack \| pattern \| perform \| perform on \| performance \| performing \| perpetration \| pilot \| pilotage \| pipe \| play \| point out to \| point the way \| poise \| port \| pose \| posture \| practice \| praxis \| prescribe \| presence \| procedure \| proceeding \| prosecute \| pull the strings \| pursue \| put right \| put through \| quarterback \| quit \| regulate \| regulation \| remove \| responsibility \| route \| rule \| run \| running \| see \| see to \| separate \| set right \| set straight \| shepherd \| show \| show the way \| siphon \| skipper \| social science \| specialize in \| squire \| stance \| steer \| steerage \| steering \| style \| superintendence \| superintendency \| supervise \| supervision \| tackle \| tactics \| take \| take away \| take care of \| take command \| take on \| take out \| take the lead \| take to \| take up \| the conn \| the helm \| the wheel \| tone \| tote \| traject \| transact \| transaction \| transmit \| transport \| trench \| undertake \| use \| usher \| waft \| wage \| wait on \| way \| way of life \| ways \| whisk \| wield the baton \| wing \| withdraw \| work \| work at \| working \| workings See Also \| act \| activity \| aggression \| assert \| beacon \| bring \| bring in \| care \| citizenship \| correctitude \| dirty tricks \| discourtesy \| do \| execute \| fluster \| handle \| hold \| improperness \| impropriety \| lead astray \| manage \| manner \| manners \| misguide \| mislead \| move \| offence \| offense \| offensive activity \| perform \| personal manner \| pipe in \| pose \| properness \| propriety \| put forward \| racketeer \| retransmit \| show \| swashbuckling \| trait \| usher \| walk around \| wash up Conduct In Webster's Dictionary \Con"duct\ (k[o^]n"d[u^]kt), n. [LL. conductus defense, escort, fr. L. conductus, p. p. of conducere. See {Conduce}, and cf. {Conduit}.] 1. The act or method of conducting; guidance; management. Christianity has humanized the conduct of war. --Paley. The conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs. --Ld. Brougham. 2. Skillful guidance or management; generalship. Conduct of armies is a prince's art. --Waller. Attacked the Spaniards . . . with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed. --Robertson. 3. Convoy; escort; guard; guide. [Archaic] I will be your conduct. --B. Jonson. In my conduct shall your ladies come. --Shak. 4. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument. [Obs.] Although thou hast been conduct of my shame. --Shak. 5. The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior. All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury. --Macaulay. What in the conduct of our life appears So well designed, so luckily begun, But when we have our wish, we wish undone? --Dryden. 6. Plot; action; construction; manner of development. The book of Job, in conduct and diction. --Macaulay. {Conduct money} (Naut.), a portion of a seaman's wages retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over only if his conduct has been satisfactory. Syn: Behavior; carriage; deportment; demeanor; bearing; management; guidance. See {Behavior}. \Conduct"\ (k[o^]nd[u^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conducted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conducting}.] [See {Conduct}, n.] 1. To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend. I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. --Milton. 2. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom. Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege. --Prescott. 3. To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well. 4. (Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc. 5. (Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition. \Con*duct"\, v. i. 1. To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry. 2. To conduct one's self; to behave. [U. S.]

Conduct Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Conduct?

[n] manner of acting or conducting yourself
[n] (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
[v] lead, as in the performance of a musical composition; "conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
[v] lead musicians in the performance of; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces"
[v] take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
[v] transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, as of sounds or images; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
[v] direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this"
[v] behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

Conduct In Webster's Dictionary

\Con"duct\ (k[o^]n"d[u^]kt), n. [LL. conductus defense,
escort, fr. L. conductus, p. p. of conducere. See {Conduce},
and cf. {Conduit}.]
1. The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

         Christianity has humanized the conduct of war.
                                               --Paley.

         The conduct of the state, the administration of its
         affairs.                              --Ld.
                                               Brougham.

2. Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

         Conduct of armies is a prince's art.  --Waller.

         Attacked the Spaniards . . . with great impetuosity,
         but with so little conduct, that his forces were
         totally routed.                       --Robertson.

3. Convoy; escort; guard; guide. [Archaic]

         I will be your conduct.               --B. Jonson.

         In my conduct shall your ladies come. --Shak.

4. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a
   conduit; an instrument. [Obs.]

         Although thou hast been conduct of my shame. --Shak.

5. The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal
   deportment; mode of action; behavior.

         All these difficulties were increased by the conduct
         of Shrewsbury.                        --Macaulay.

         What in the conduct of our life appears So well
         designed, so luckily begun, But when we have our
         wish, we wish undone?                 --Dryden.

6. Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

         The book of Job, in conduct and diction. --Macaulay.

{Conduct money} (Naut.), a portion of a seaman's wages
   retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over
   only if his conduct has been satisfactory.

Syn: Behavior; carriage; deportment; demeanor; bearing;
     management; guidance. See {Behavior}.


\Con*duct"\ (k[o^]n*d[u^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Conducted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conducting}.] [See {Conduct},
n.]
1. To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.

         I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage,
         where you may be safe.                --Milton.

2. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry
   on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.

         Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege.
                                               --Prescott.

3. To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself
   well.

4. (Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit,
   as heat, light, electricity, etc.

5. (Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a
   musical composition.


\Con*duct"\, v. i.
1. To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to
   carry.

2. To conduct one's self; to behave. [U. S.]

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