conduct

Speech parts

1. conduct - Noun

2. conduct - Verb

Meaning

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

Convoy; escort; guard; guide.

That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.

The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.

To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.

To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.

To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.

To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

To conduct one's self; to behave.

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You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit. Demosthenes

It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used. Sun Tzu

No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people. William Howard Taft

The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. Japanese Proverb

Speech and action make the perfect conduct. Moroccan Proverb

Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family. Jewish Proverb

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