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Conduct

noun

1.

Manner of acting or controlling yourself. Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, doings.

2.

(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people. Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, demeanor, demeanour, deportment.

verb

(past & past part. conducted; pres. part. conducting)

1.

Direct the course of; manage or control. Synonyms: carry on, deal.

2.

Lead, as in the performance of a composition. Synonyms: direct, lead.

3.

Behave in a certain manner. Synonyms: acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, deport. "He bore himself with dignity" , "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

4.

Take somebody somewhere. Synonyms: direct, guide, lead, take. "Can you take me to the main entrance?" , "He conducted us to the palace"

5.

Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. Synonyms: carry, channel, convey, impart, transmit. "The airwaves carry the sound" , "Many metals conduct heat"

6.

Lead musicians in the performance of. "She cannot conduct modern pieces"

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"Conduct" Quotes from Famous Books

... the conduct of Zaccheus, still he was a sinner, and under the curse. His curiosity leads him to climb a tree to see Jesus, and most unexpectedly salvation is brought to one who sought it not. Christ called, and he instantly obeyed. ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... already made them conceive a great admiration for the silent British commander, who only a few days later was to be honored as the first brilliant figure of the war on the allied side. It was for his very conduct of this retreat that Field Marshal French, the British commander-in-chief, selected him for ...

— The Boy Scouts on the Trail • George Durston

... natural that she should feel she is also willing to risk something. Valour has always been rewarded by beauty. And then her great sense of responsibility, her conscientiousness about Bruce—no wonder that had been undermined by his own weak conduct. How could Edith help feeling a slight contempt for a husband who not only wouldn't take any chances while he was still within the age, but positively imagined himself ill. True, Bruce had always been a malade imaginaire; ...

— Love at Second Sight • Ada Leverson

... lusts; so that their discourses and their actions are most strangely at variance; than which nothing in my opinion can be more unbecoming: for just as if one who professed to teach grammar should speak with impropriety, or a master of music sing out of tune, such conduct has the worst appearance in these men, because they blunder in the very particular with which they profess that they are well acquainted. So a philosopher who errs in the conduct of his life is the ...

— Cicero's Tusculan Disputations - Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth • Marcus Tullius Cicero

... young rascal!" he began, "you ungrateful foundling! Do you suppose that when my brother left you to starve—which was all that you were fit for—I picked you out of the gutter for this: that you should have the insolence to come and tell me how to conduct my business? Now, young man, I'll just tell you what it is. You can be off and conduct a business of your own on whatever principles you choose. Get out of Meeson's, Sir; and never dare to show your nose here again, or I'll give the porters orders ...

— Mr. Meeson's Will • H. Rider Haggard

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