conduct
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒndʌkt/
The English word “conduct” has 14 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act or method of controlling or directing.
- Skillful guidance or management.
- Behaviour; the manner of behaving.
- Plot.
- Convoy; escort; person who accompanies another.
- Something which carries or conveys anything; a channel; an instrument; a conduit.
- A priest hired to hold services without secure title; now a chaplain.
verb
- To lead, or guide; to escort.
- To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
- To behave.
- To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
- To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
- To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
- To carry out (something organized)
Etymology
From Late Latin conductus (“defense, escort”), from Latin conductus, perfect passive participle of condūcō (“bring together”); see also conduce. Displaced native Old English þēaw. Doublet of conduit.
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