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conduct

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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

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