noun.
The arrangement and composition of a picture.
To accompany and show the way to; guide; escort; lead.
To direct; act as leader of.
As a director of a musical performance. See conductor, 4.
To direct the course of; manage; carry on: as, he conducted his affairs with prudence.
Reflexively, to direct the action or conduct of; behave: as, he conducted himself nobly.
In physics, to carry, convey, transmit, or propagate: as, metal conducts heat better than wood.
In physics, to carry, convey, transmit, or propagate motion or energy; especially, to transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.
To act as musical conductor.
To behave: used without the reflexive pronoun.
noun.
The act of guiding or leading; guidance; escort.
noun.
The act of directing or controlling; management; administration.
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A drawing out or development, as of the action of a poem or the plot of a drama or a novel.
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Skilful management or administration; good generalship; tact and dexterity in affairs; address.
noun.
Personal behavior or practice; way of acting generally or on a particular occasion; course of action; deportment: as, laudable conduct; evil conduct.
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. A conductor, guard, or convoy; an escort.
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A passport. See safe-conduct.
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That which conveys or carries; a channel; a conduit.
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A tax levied by Charles I. of England for the purpose of paying the traveling-expenses of his soldiers. Also conduct-money. See coat-money.
Hired; employed: as, “conduct prestis,”
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The title of two clergymen appointed to read prayers at Eton College, England; a conductus.