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Conduct is about how you behave––"conduct unbecoming"––and also about carrying something through––"the survey was conducted in May and June."

Conduct's two senses are connected. Your conduct or your own behavior is the way you conduct or lead yourself. Think of your brain as a little man in tails and white tie, holding up a baton to conduct the various parts of you the way he would a symphony orchestra.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: conduct

1	n v	(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people behave in a certain manner
2	v	direct the course of; manage or control
3	v	lead musicians in the performance of
4	v	transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: conduct

n (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

Synonyms:: behavior, behaviour, demeanor, demeanour, deportment

Types:: show 27 types...; hide 27 types...; manners
social deportment; citizenship
conduct as a citizen; swashbuckling
flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior; correctitude, properness, propriety
correct or appropriate behavior; improperness, impropriety
an improper demeanor; manner, personal manner
a way of acting or behaving; decorousness, decorum
propriety in manners and conduct; appropriateness, rightness
appropriate conduct; doing the right thing; correctness
the quality of conformity to social expectations; good form
behavior that conforms to social conventions of the time; priggishness, primness
exaggerated and arrogant properness; modesty, reserve
formality and propriety of manner; grace, seemliness
a sense of propriety and consideration for others; decency
the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality; incorrectness
lack of conformity to social expectations; inappropriateness, wrongness
inappropriate conduct; indelicacy
the trait of being indelicate and offensive; indecorousness, indecorum
a lack of decorum; indecency
the quality of being indecent; bearing, comportment, mien, presence
dignified manner or conduct; bedside manner
manner or conduct of a physician in the presence of a patient; dandyism, foppishness
the manner and dress of a fop or dandy; gentleness, mildness, softness
acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered; formality, formalness
a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies; informality
a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously; courtesy, good manners
a courteous manner; discourtesy, rudeness
a manner that is rude and insulting

Type of:: trait
a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

n manner of acting or controlling yourself

Synonyms:: behavior, behaviour, doings

Types:: show 18 types...; hide 18 types...; aggression
deliberately unfriendly behavior; bohemianism
conduct characteristic of a bohemian; dirty pool
conduct that is unfair or unethical or unsportsmanlike; dirty tricks
underhand commercial or political behavior designed to discredit an opponent; discourtesy, offence, offense, offensive activity
a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others; easiness
the quality of being easy in behavior or style; the way of the world, the ways of the world
the manner in which people typically behave or things typically happen; aggravation, irritation, provocation
unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; bitchery
aggressive remarks and behavior like that of a spiteful malicious woman; bullying, intimidation
the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something; hell raising, raising hell
making trouble just for the fun of it; self-assertion
the act of asserting yourself in an aggressive manner; derision, ridicule
the act of deriding or treating with contempt; indelicacy
an impolite act or expression; insolence
an offensive disrespectful impudent act; affront, insult
a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; presumption
a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming; rebuff, slight
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

Type of:: activity
any specific behavior

v behave in a certain manner

“They conducted themselves well during these difficult times”

Synonyms:: acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, deport

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; fluster
be flustered; behave in a confused manner; assert, put forward
insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; deal
behave in a certain way towards others; walk around
behave in a certain manner or have certain properties; pose, posture
behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; attitudinise, attitudinize
assume certain affected attitudes

Type of:: bear, carry, hold
support or hold in a certain manner; act, move
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

v direct the course of; manage or control

“You cannot conduct business like this”

Synonyms:: carry on, deal

Types:: racketeer
carry on illegal business activities involving crime

Type of:: care, deal, handle, manage
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

v take somebody somewhere

“He conducted us to the palace”

Synonyms:: direct, guide, lead, take

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; beacon
guide with a beacon; hand
guide or conduct or usher somewhere; lead astray, misdirect, misguide, mislead
lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; show, usher
take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; marshal
lead ceremoniously, as in a procession

v lead musicians in the performance of

“Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor”

“she cannot conduct modern pieces”

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

Type of:: perform
give a performance (of something)

v lead, as in the performance of a composition

“conduct an orchestra”

“Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years”

Synonyms:: direct, lead

Type of:: do, execute, perform
carry out or perform an action

v transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

“Many metals conduct heat”

Synonyms:: carry, channel, convey, impart, transmit

: carry, convey, express
serve as a means for expressing something; carry
be conveyed over a certain distance

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; wash up
carry somewhere (of water or current or waves); pipe in
bring in through pipes; bring in
transmit; retransmit
transmit again

Type of:: bring, convey, take
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

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