Pronunciation

verb

• enPR: kəndŭkt'
• IPA ^(key): /kənˈdʌkt/Category:Entries with IPA pronunciation
• SAMPA: /k@n"dVkt/

noun

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɒndʌkt/Category:Entries with IPA pronunciation, SAMPA: /"kQndVkt/
• (US) enPR: kŏn'dŭkt, IPA ^(key): /ˈkɑndʌkt/Category:Entries with IPA pronunciation, SAMPA: /"kAndVkt/

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Verb

Conduct is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

Category:AVL

1. (transitive)Category:Transitive verbs If you conduct an activity or process, you do it or carry it out.

   The war made it very difficult to conduct business.

   The university makes sure that research is conducted properly.

2. (transitive & intransitive)Category:Transitive verbsCategory:Intransitive verbs If you conduct music, you stand in front of the musicians and show them how to sing or play.
3. (transitive)Category:Transitive verbs; (only of yourself); (formal)Category:Formal The way you conduct yourself is the way you act or treat others.

   I hope the children will be able to conduct themselve well at the party.

4. (transitive & intransitive)Category:Transitive verbsCategory:Intransitive verbs If something conducts energy, it lets the energy move through or along it.

   Glass is a good insulator because it will not conduct electricity.

5. (transitive)Category:Transitive verbs If you conduct somebody or a tour, you show people around a place.

   Please conduct him to the waiting room.

Noun

1. (uncountable)Category:Uncountable nouns (formal)Category:Formal A person's conduct is the way they act or treat others.

   Killing a person, for any reason, is a criminal act and such conduct must not be allowed.

   This teacher clearly broke the school's rules for professional conduct.