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Conduct Definition And Meaning |
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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}.
\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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