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WIKTIONARY
conduct
Noun
  • The act or method of controlling or directing
  • Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
  • The manner of guiding or carrying oneself; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
  • Plot; action; construction; manner of development. of a literary work
  • Convoy; escort; guard; guide. obsolete
  • That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
Verb
  • To lead, or guide; to escort. archaic, transitive
  • To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on. transitive
  • (reflexively to conduct oneself) To behave. transitive
  • To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc. transitive
  • To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition. transitive, music
  • To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry. intransitive
  • To carry out (something organized) transitive