conduct
♦♦ con|duct (conducts conducting conducted)
The verb is pronounced /kənd'ʌkt/ The noun is pronounced /k'ɒndʌkt/
1 [VERB] V n, V n
When you conduct an activity or task, you organize it and carry it out.
I decided to conduct an experiment...
He said they were conducting a campaign against democrats across the country...
= carry out
2 [N-SING] with supp
The conduct of a task or activity is the way in which it is organized and carried out.
Also up for discussion will be the conduct of free and fair elections...
3 [VERB] V pron-refl prep/adv, V n
If you conduct yourself in a particular way, you behave in that way.
The way he conducts himself reflects on the party and will increase criticisms against him...
Most people believe they conduct their private and public lives in accordance with Christian morality.
4 [N-UNCOUNT] with supp
Someone's conduct is the way they behave in particular situations.
He has trouble understanding that other people judge him by his conduct.
= behaviour
5 [VERB] V n, V
When someone conducts an orchestra or choir, they stand in front of it and direct its performance.
Dennis had recently begun a successful career conducting opera in Europe...
Solti will continue to conduct here and abroad...
6 [VERB] no cont, V n
If something conducts heat or electricity, it allows heat or electricity to pass through it or along it.
Water conducts heat faster than air.code of con|duct (codes of conduct)
[N-COUNT]
The code of conduct for a group or organization is an agreement on rules of behaviour for the members of that group or organization.
Doctors in Britain say a new code of conduct is urgently needed to protect the doctor-patient relationship.safe con|duct
also safe-conduct
[N-UNCOUNT] also a N
If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
Her family was given safe conduct to Britain when civil war broke out.
The verb is pronounced /kənd'ʌkt/ The noun is pronounced /k'ɒndʌkt/
1 [VERB] V n, V n
When you conduct an activity or task, you organize it and carry it out.
I decided to conduct an experiment...
He said they were conducting a campaign against democrats across the country...
= carry out
2 [N-SING] with supp
The conduct of a task or activity is the way in which it is organized and carried out.
Also up for discussion will be the conduct of free and fair elections...
3 [VERB] V pron-refl prep/adv, V n
If you conduct yourself in a particular way, you behave in that way.
The way he conducts himself reflects on the party and will increase criticisms against him...
Most people believe they conduct their private and public lives in accordance with Christian morality.
4 [N-UNCOUNT] with supp
Someone's conduct is the way they behave in particular situations.
He has trouble understanding that other people judge him by his conduct.
= behaviour
5 [VERB] V n, V
When someone conducts an orchestra or choir, they stand in front of it and direct its performance.
Dennis had recently begun a successful career conducting opera in Europe...
Solti will continue to conduct here and abroad...
6 [VERB] no cont, V n
If something conducts heat or electricity, it allows heat or electricity to pass through it or along it.
Water conducts heat faster than air.code of con|duct (codes of conduct)
[N-COUNT]
The code of conduct for a group or organization is an agreement on rules of behaviour for the members of that group or organization.
Doctors in Britain say a new code of conduct is urgently needed to protect the doctor-patient relationship.safe con|duct
also safe-conduct
[N-UNCOUNT] also a N
If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
Her family was given safe conduct to Britain when civil war broke out.