Dictionary Definition
conduct
Noun
2 (behavioral attributes) the way a person
behaves toward other people [syn: demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, deportment]
Verb
1 direct the course of; manage or control; "You
cannot conduct business like this" [syn: carry on,
deal]
2 lead, as in the performance of a composition;
"conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony
for years" [syn: lead,
direct]
3 behave in a certain manner; "She carried
herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted
themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit, bear, deport, comport, carry]
4 transmit or serve as the medium for
transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry
the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: transmit, convey, carry, channel]
5 take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our
chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us
to the palace" [syn: lead,
take, direct, guide]
6 lead musicians in the performance of;
"Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot
conduct modern pieces"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
conductus, from etyl la conductus, perfect passive participle of conducere; see also conduce and conduitPronunciation
Noun
- The act or method of controlling or directing
- Christianity has humanized the conduct of war. - Paley?.
- Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
- Conduct of armies is a prince's art. - Waller?.
- The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal
deportment; mode of action; behavior.
- He carried himself with a distinguished conduct.
- In the context of "of a literary work": Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
Synonyms
- control, guidance, management
- (manner of guiding or carrying one's self): bearing, behavior/behaviour, deportment, demeanor/demeanour,
- i-c plot of a literary work action, plot, storyline
Translations
act or method of controlling or directing
- Finnish: toimeenpano
- Russian: проведение
- Swedish: förrättning , förvaltning , ledning , skötsel
Skillful guidance or management; generalship
- Finnish: johtaminen
- Russian: управление, руководство
manner of guiding or carrying one's self
- Finnish: käytös
- French: comportement
- Italian: comportamento, condotta
- Kurdish:
- Russian: поведение
- Spanish: conducta
- Swedish: hållning , uppförande , uppträdande , vandel
plot of a literary work
- Swedish: utförande
Verb
- To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.
- I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. - John Milton.
- 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?.
- (reflexively to
conduct oneself) To behave.
- he conducted himself well.
- To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
- transitive music To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
- To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
Synonyms
Translations
lead or guide
direct or manage
reflexively: behave
- Finnish: käyttäytyä
- French: se comporter
- Italian: comportarsi
- Russian: вести себя
- Spanish: comportarse
- Swedish: uppföra sig
to serve as a medium for conveying
- Finnish: johtaa
- Russian: проводить
- Spanish: conducir
- Swedish: föra, leda
music: to direct
act as a conductor (of heat, electricity, etc.)
- Finnish: johtaa
- Russian: проводить
- Spanish: conducir
- Swedish: leda
Extensive Definition
Conduct may refer to:
- Behavior
- a personal behavior, a way of acting and showing one's behaviour
- using hand gestures to direct
- Action (philosophy), in relation to moral or ethical precepts
- Conducting a musical ensemble
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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