Conduct
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkɒndʌkt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Conduct is a noun meaning The act or method of controlling or directing.
Meaning
The act or method of controlling or directing.
More Meanings
- Skillful guidance or management.
- Behaviour; the manner of behaving.
- (of a literary work) Plot.
- (Anglicanism, obsolete outside fixed titles) A priest hired to hold services without secure title; now a chaplain.
- (obsolete) Convoy; escort; person who accompanies another.
- (archaic) Something which carries or conveys anything; a channel; an instrument; a conduit.
- (archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.
Example Sentences
Good conduct will be rewarded and likewise poor conduct will be punished.
the conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs, its policy, and its laws, are for more uncertain
[…] attacked the Spaniards […] with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed.
1722 (first printed) Edmund Waller, Poems, &c. written upon several occasions, and to several persons Conduct of armies is a prince's art.
Word Forms
- conducts
- conducting
- conducted
Synonyms for conduct
Depending on context, synonyms include abear, abearance, bearing, behavior, carriage, comportment.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deport, behave, guide, deportment, deal, carry out.
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