Antonyms for conduct
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : noun kon-duhkt; verb kuhn-duhkt |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈkɒn dʌkt; verb kənˈdʌkt |
Definition of conduct
Origin :- early 15c., "to guide," from Latin conductus, past participle of conducere "to lead or bring together" (see conduce). Sense of "convey" is from early 15c.; that of "to direct, manage" is from 1630s; "to behave in a certain way" from c.1710; "to convey" from 1740. Related: Conducted; conducting. Earlier verb in the same sense was condyten (c.1400), related to conduit. The noun is from mid-15c., "guide" (in sauf conducte); sense of "behavior" is first recorded 1670s.
- noun administration
- noun behavior
- verb administer
- verb comport oneself
- verb transport
- So certain was he as to the exact locality, that he offered to conduct a party to the place.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- A party of fugitives were to meet her in a wood, that she might conduct them North.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- Sent her back her letters—with a tickler to herself on her conduct.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- At least they will be my standard of conduct in the path before me.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- How little has been the effect of this example on the conduct of the enemy!
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- The purity and disinterestedness of their conduct should be made apparent.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Heaven forbid that their conduct, in one particular, should savour of injustice.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- My conduct must then have a faulty appearance at least, and I will endeavour to rectify it.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- By these rules of conduct, we hope to be known to all peoples.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- They also know how to conduct themselves according to times and seasons.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
Synonyms for conduct
- accompany
- acquit
- act
- address
- attend
- attitude
- bear
- bearing
- behave
- bring
- call the tune
- care
- carriage
- carry
- carry on
- carrying on
- chair
- channels
- chaperon
- charge
- companion
- comportment
- control
- convey
- convoy
- demean
- demeanor
- deport
- deportment
- direct
- direction
- engineer
- escort
- execution
- go on
- govern
- guidance
- guide
- handle
- handling
- head
- intendance
- keep
- lead
- leadership
- manage
- management
- manipulation
- manner
- manners
- mien
- move
- operate
- ordain
- order
- organization
- organize
- oversee
- oversight
- pass on
- pilot
- plan
- policy
- posture
- preside over
- quit
- red tape
- regimen
- regulate
- regulation
- ride herd on
- route
- rule
- run
- run things
- running
- send
- shepherd
- show
- stance
- steer
- strategy
- superintendence
- supervise
- supervision
- tactics
- tenue
- trailblaze
- transaction
- transfer
- treatment
- usher
- ways
- wield baton
- wielding
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