conduct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒndʌkt/
enpr: kŏn'dŭkt
ipa: /ˈkɑndʌkt/
enpr: kəndŭkt'
ipa: /kənˈdʌkt/
rhymes: -ʌkt
Forms: form: conducts
form: conducting
form: conducted
form: conducted
Etymology: From Late Latin conductus (“defense, escort”), from Latin conductus, perfect passive participle of condūcō (“bring together”); see also conduce. Doublet of conduit.
Senses: examples: text: I can conduct you, lady, to a low / But loyal cottage, where you may be safe.
ref: 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
english: Comus
translation: Comus
synonyms: accompany
escort
guide
lead
steer
belead
glosses: To lead, or guide; to escort.
examples: text: The commander conducted thousands of troops.
text: to conduct the affairs of a kingdom
text: the Turks, however efficient they may have been in field operations, had little skill as engineers, and no acquaintance with the true principles of conducting a siege
ref: 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:
synonyms: direct
lead
manage
oversee
run
supervise
transact
belead
glosses: To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
examples: text: He conducted himself well.
synonyms: act
behave
carry on
glosses: To behave.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1975, Clive M. Countryman, Heat-Its Role in Wildland Fire, Part 2:
text: The metal easily conducts electricity and doesn't rust in water, properties that have made it valuable in uses from household plumbing and electric wiring
ref: 2011 September 20, Matt Day, Tatyana Shumsky, “Copper Falls to 2011 Lows”, in Wall Street Journal:
synonyms: carry
convey
transmit
glosses: To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2006, Michael R. Waters, Mark Long, William Dickens, Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
glosses: To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
examples: text: The world's largest surveyor of deepwater oil fields won a contract to conduct a survey of the French Gulf of Lion to map sand reserves.
ref: 2011 September 11, “Fugro, Royal Philips Electronics: Benelux Equity Preview”, in San Francisco Chronicle:
glosses: To carry out (something organized)
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from the verb
word: conductable
sense: terms derived from the verb
word: conductance
sense: terms derived from the verb
word: conductible
sense: terms derived from the verb
word: conductimetry
sense: terms derived from the verb
word: conduction
sense: terms derived from the verb
word: conductive
sense: terms derived from the verb
word: conductometer
sense: terms derived from the verb
word: conductometry
sense: terms derived from the verb
word: conductot
sense: terms derived from the verb
word: misconduct
sense: terms derived from the verb
word: reconduct
sense: terms derived from the verb
word: superconduct
sense: terms derived from the verb
word: well-reconduct