conduct

Forms

1.The act or method of controlling or directing.
- 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.
3.Behaviour; the manner of behaving.
- All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury.
- Good conduct will be rewarded and likewise poor conduct will be punished.
- What in the conduct of our life appears / So well designed, so luckily begun, / But when we have our wish, we wish undone?
4.Plot.
- The book of Job, indeed, in conduct and diction, bears a considerable resemblance to some of his dramas.

1.To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
- The commander conducted thousands of troops.
2.To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
- Water and many other liquids do not conduct heat well. Wildland fuels in general, wood, and wood products conduct heat slowly, and so do soil and rocks.
3.To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
- 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.
4.To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

Common· #1328

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.