conductverb
uk/kənˈdʌkt/us/kənˈdʌkt/conduct verb (ORGANIZE)
B2 [ T ] to organize and perform a particular activity:
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- She said that she didn't want a lawyer and was going to conduct her own defence.
- The company agreed to conduct a feasibility study for a hydroelectric plant at Aimores.
- Sir William had the ability to conduct proceedings in a dignified manner without ever becoming stuffy.
- A new team of detectives were called in to conduct a fresh inquiry.
- The election campaign was not conducted very cleanly.
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Acting and acts
- (your) every move idiom
- -ation
- act/do sth on your own responsibility idiom
- action
- activity
- agency
- ant
- be up to sth idiom
- feel
- gambit
- get around to sth
- give yourself over/up to sth
- go about sth
- go about your business idiom
- go through with sth
- hand
- manoeuvring
- money
- talk the talk idiom
- up to
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conduct verb (BEHAVE)
to behave in a particular way, especially in a public or formal situation, or to organize the way in which you live in a particular way:
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Behaving, interacting and behaviour
- -behaved
- as ye sow, so shall ye reap idiom
- attachment disorder
- attitude
- bearing
- bedside manner
- behave
- carry on
- ism
- manner
- mannered
- mannerism
- meme
- model
- sauce
- turn
- turn sth on
- way
- what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander idiom
- yourself
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conduct verb (SHOW WAY)
[ T usually + adv/prep ] formal to lead someone to a particular place:
[ T ] If you conduct a tour of a place, you take people around the place and show it to them:
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Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way
- accompany
- bring
- bring sb/sth along
- chaperone
- come
- come along
- convoy
- direct
- docent
- drop
- guide
- lead 1
- refer sb to sth/sb
- see sb off
- shepherd
- show sb around (sth)
- show sb over sth
- usher
- usherette
- walk
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conduct verb (MUSIC)
B2 [ I or T ] to direct the performance of musicians or a piece of music:
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Playing music
- accompaniment
- accompany
- busk
- fiddle
- fingering
- improvisation
- interpreter
- jam
- music
- perform
- raise the roof idiom
- serenade
- sight-read
- strike
- strum
- swell
- tap
- tap sth out
- tune
- virtuoso
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conduct verb (ALLOW THROUGH)
[ T ] to allow electricity or heat to go through:
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Electricity & electronics
- anodize
- anti-static
- chargeable
- charger
- conduction
- destructive interference
- electric
- electric field
- electromagnetic
- electrostatic
- flow
- generation
- ground
- homing
- input
- linesman
- rechargeable
- resistor
- solid-state
- transistorized
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conductnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈkɒn.dʌkt/us/ˈkɑːn.dʌkt/conduct noun [ U ] (BEHAVIOUR)
behaviour:
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- Her conduct throughout was irreproachable.
- We hope for a world where the rule of law, not the law of the jungle, governs the conduct of nations.
- They favour the self-regulation of the industry, and strict codes of conduct have already been issued by the Advertising Association.
- Her recent conduct is beyond the pale.
- Doctor Rivers was charged with gross negligence, unprofessional conduct and improper use of dangerous drugs.
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Behaving, interacting and behaviour
- -behaved
- as ye sow, so shall ye reap idiom
- attachment disorder
- attitude
- bearing
- bedside manner
- behave
- carry on
- ism
- manner
- mannered
- mannerism
- meme
- model
- sauce
- turn
- turn sth on
- way
- what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander idiom
- yourself
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conduct noun [ U ] (ORGANIZATION)
formal the way in which an activity is organized and performed:
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Behaving, interacting and behaviour
- -behaved
- as ye sow, so shall ye reap idiom
- attachment disorder
- attitude
- bearing
- bedside manner
- behave
- carry on
- ism
- manner
- mannered
- mannerism
- meme
- model
- sauce
- turn
- turn sth on
- way
- what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander idiom
- yourself
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