CONDUCT

conduct

Noun

  1. The act or method of controlling or directing
  2. Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
    Conduct of armies is a prince's art. - .
  3. The manner of guiding or carrying oneself; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
    Good conduct will be rewarded and likewise poor conduct will be punished.
  4. Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
  5. Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
  6. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.

Verb

  1. To lead, or guide; to escort.
  2. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on.
    to conduct the affairs of a kingdom
  3. (reflexively to conduct oneself) To behave.
    He conducted himself well.
  4. To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
  5. To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
  6. To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
  7. To carry out (something organized)


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