conduct
English
Etymology
From Late Latin conductus (“defense, escort”), from Latin conductus, perfect passive participle of condūcō (“bring together”); see also conduce and conduit.
Pronunciation
Audio (CA) (file) - (noun)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒndʌkt/
- (US) enPR: kŏn'dŭkt, IPA(key): /ˈkɑndʌkt/
- (verb) enPR: kəndŭkt', IPA(key): /kənˈdʌkt/
- Rhymes: -ʌkt
Noun
conduct (countable and uncountable, plural conducts)
- The act or method of controlling or directing
- 1785, William Paley, The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
- There are other restrictions imposed upon the conduct of war, not by the law of nature primarily, but by the laws of war first, and by the law of nature as seconding and ratifying the laws of war.
- (Can we date this quote by Ld. Brougham?)
- the conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs
- 1785, William Paley, The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
- Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
- (Can we date this quote?) Edmund Waller
- Conduct of armies is a prince's art.
- (Can we date this quote?) Robertson
- […] attacked the Spaniards […] with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed.
- (Can we date this quote?) Edmund Waller
- 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.
- (of a literary work) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
- (Can we date this quote?) Macaulay
- the book of Job, in conduct and diction
- (Can we date this quote?) Macaulay
- (obsolete) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
- (Can we date this quote?) Ben Jonson
- I will be your conduct.
- (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare
- In my conduct shall your ladies come.
- (Can we date this quote?) Ben Jonson
- That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
- (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare
- although thou hast been conduct of my chame
- (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare
Synonyms
Translations
act or method of controlling or directing
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Skillful guidance or management; generalship
manner of guiding or carrying oneself
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Verb
conduct (third-person singular simple present conducts, present participle conducting, simple past and past participle conducted)
- (archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.
- 1634, John Milton, Comus
- I can conduct you, lady, to a low / But loyal cottage, where you may be safe.
- 1634, John Milton, Comus
- (transitive) To lead; to direct; to manage
- The commander conducted thousands of troops.
- to conduct the affairs of a kingdom
- William H. Prescott
- Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege.
- (transitive) (reflexively to conduct oneself) To behave.
- He conducted himself well.
- (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
- 2011 September 20, Matt Day and Tatyana Shumsky, “Copper Falls to 2011 Lows”, in Wall Street Journal:
- The metal easily conducts electricity and doesn't rust in water, properties that have made it valuable in uses from household plumbing and electric wiring
- 1975, Clive M. Countryman, Heat-Its Role in Wildland Fire Part 2
- Water and many other liquids do not conduct heat well. Wildland fuels in general, wood, and wood products conduct heat slowly, and so do soil and rocks.
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- (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
- 2006, Michael R. Waters with Mark Long and William Dickens, Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne
- For a while, Walter Pohlmann, a well-known German conductor, conducted the orchestra in Compound 3. Later, Willi Mets, who had conducted the world-renowned Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, conducted the Compound 3 orchestra.
- 2006, Michael R. Waters with Mark Long and William Dickens, Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne
- (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
- (transitive) To carry out (something organized)
Synonyms
Translations
lead or guide
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direct or manage
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reflexively: behave
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to serve as a medium for conveying
music: to direct
act as a conductor (of heat, electricity, etc.)
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