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| part of speech: |
verb |
| pronunciation: |
k n
duhkt
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| inflections: |
conducts, conducting, conducted |
| definition 1: |
When you conduct things or people, you guide them or lead them. You show them things as you go around somewhere, or you bring them to the place they need to go.
Lily's aunt conducts tours of the art museum downtown.- synonyms:
- direct, lead, manage
- similar words:
- control, guide, hold, steer
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| definition 2: |
When you conduct a group of people who play music together, you lead them as they play. You know the music they are playing, and you help them play well all together.
Alan's dad took him to a concert on Sunday. Alan liked the music and had fun watching the man who conducted the band.
- similar words:
- lead
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| definition 3: |
When a wire conducts electricity, it lets electricity go through it.
Those wires conduct electricity to our house.Some kinds of metals conduct electricity very well.
- similar words:
- convey, pipe
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| definition 4: |
When you conduct something, you perform it or carry it out.
The assistant pastor conducted the church service last Sunday because the pastor was sick.The woman on the phone was conducting a survey. |
| related words: |
show |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
kan
duhkt
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| definition: |
Your conduct is your behavior. It is the way you act.
People expect good conduct from leaders in government.The mother was proud of her children's good conduct during the long wedding ceremony..- synonyms:
- behavior
- similar words:
- manner, manners
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| related words: |
act, practice |
Word Builder: conduct +
- conductor:
a thing that conducts electric current.
- conductor:
a person who leads an orchestra.
- conductor:
a person who collects tickets on a train.
The word conduct
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, conclude, conclusion, conduct, confer, conference, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, conform, confuse, confusion, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjunction, connect, consonant, conspiracy, constant, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, convince, convict, conviction, inconceivable, inconspicuous, consequence
duc, duct
Latin
root
that means lead; draw along
Example words:
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