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conduct

conduct (third-person singular simple present conducts, present participle conducting, simple past and past participle conducted)

1. (archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.
   • 1634, John Milton, Comus

     I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. - John Milton.

2. (transitive) To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.

   Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege. - William H. Prescott.

3. (transitive) (reflexively to conduct oneself) To behave.

   He conducted himself well.

4. (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
   • 2011 September 20, Matt Day and Tatyana Shumsky, “Copper Falls to 2011 Lows”, Wall Street Journal:

     The metal easily conducts electricity and doesnt rust in water, properties that have made it valuable in uses from household plumbing and electric wiring

5. (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
   • 2006, Michael R. Waters with Mark Long and William Dickens, Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne

     For a while, Walter Pohlmann, a well-known German conductor, conducted the orchestra in Compound 3. Later, Willi Mets, who had conducted the world-renowned Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, conducted the Compound 3 orchestra.

6. (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
7. (transitive) To carry out (something organized)
   • 2011 September 11, “Fugro, Royal Philips Electronics: Benelux Equity Preview”, San Fransisco Chronicle:

     The worlds largest surveyor of deepwater oil fields won a contract to conduct a survey of the French Gulf of Lion to map sand reserves.

conduct (uncountable)

1. The act or method of controlling or directing
   • 1785, William Paley, The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy

     There are other restrictions imposed upon the conduct of war, not by the law of nature primarily, but by the laws of war first, and by the law of nature as seconding and ratifying the laws of war.

2. Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

   Conduct of armies is a princes art. - Edmund Waller.

3. The manner of guiding or carrying ones self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

   Good conduct will be rewarded and likewise poor conduct will be punished.

   He carried himself with a distinguished conduct.

4. (of a literary work) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

Definizione dizionario conduct

	condotta
	manner of guiding or carrying one's self

	comportamento
	manner of guiding or carrying one's self
	Any observable action or response of an organism, group or species to environmental factors.

condurre

guidare

	comportarsi
	reflexively: behave

accompagnare

amministrare

arrivare

compiere

contegno

direzione

dirigere

dominare

esecuzione

eseguire

esercitare

gestione

gestire

governare

guida

portare

tenere

trasportare

uscire

Altri significati:

The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

music: to direct

direct or manage

lead or guide

act or method of controlling or directing

(of a literary work) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

(transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

(intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

(transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.

(transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.

Manner of behaving oneself; manner of acting.

plot of a literary work

Skillful guidance or management; generalship

(transitive) ( '''reflexively''' to conduct oneself ) To behave.

(moral) conduct

(transitive) To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.

show (around)

act as a conductor (of heat, electricity, etc.)

to serve as a medium for conveying

The act or method of controlling or directing