conduct

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English

Etymology

From Late Latin conductus (“defense, escort”), from Latin conductus, perfect passive participle of condūcō (“bring together”); see also conduce. Doublet of conduit.

Pronunciation

• (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)

1. The act or method of controlling or directing.

   Synonyms: control, guidance, management
2. Skillful guidance or management.

   Synonym: leadership

   • 1722 (first printed) Edmund Waller, Poems, &c. written upon several occasions, and to several persons

     Conduct of armies is a prince's art.
3. Behaviour; the manner of behaving.

   Synonyms: bearing, behavior, deportment, demeanor
4. (of a literary work) Plot.

   Synonyms: action, plot, storyline
5. (obsolete) Convoy; escort; person who accompanies another.
6. (archaic) Something which carries or conveys anything; a channel; an instrument; a conduit.
7. (Anglicanism, obsolete outside fixed titles) A priest hired to hold services without secure title; now a chaplain.

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Verb

conduct (third-person singular simple present conducts, present participle conducting, simple past and past participle conducted)

1. (archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.

   Synonyms: accompany, escort, guide, lead, steer, belead
2. (transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)

   Synonyms: direct, lead, manage, oversee, run, supervise, transact, belead
3. (transitive, reflexive) To behave.

   Synonyms: act, behave, carry on

4. (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)

   Synonyms: carry, convey, transmit
5. (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
6. (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
7. (transitive) To carry out (something organized)

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Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kondukt or Latin conductus.

Noun

conduct n (plural conducte)

1. (anatomy) duct

Declension

References

• conduct in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN