conduct

conduct is a 7-letter English word with 21 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or method of conducting; guidance; management. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 21 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.
2. noun. Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
3. noun. Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
4. noun. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
5. noun. The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
6. noun. Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
7. noun. To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.
8. noun. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.
9. noun. To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.
10. noun. To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
11. noun. To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
12. intransitive verb. To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
13. intransitive verb. To conduct one's self; to behave.
14. noun. manner of acting or controlling yourself

    Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, doings

15. noun. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

    Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, demeanor, demeanour, deportment

16. verb. lead, as in the performance of a composition

    "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"

    Synonyms: direct, lead

17. verb. lead musicians in the performance of

    "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"

    "she cannot conduct modern pieces"

18. verb. take somebody somewhere

    "We lead him to our chief"

    "can you take me to the main entrance?"

    Synonyms: direct, guide, lead, take

19. verb. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

    "Sound carries well over water"

    "The airwaves carry the sound"

    Synonyms: carry, channel, convey, impart, transmit

20. verb. direct the course of; manage or control

    "You cannot conduct business like this"

    Synonyms: deal

21. verb. behave in a certain manner

    "She carried herself well"

    "he bore himself with dignity"

    Synonyms: acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, deport

Synonyms

behavior, behaviour, doings, demeanor, demeanour, deportment, direct, lead, guide, take, carry, channel, convey, impart, transmit, deal, acquit, bear, behave, comport, deport

Common word forms

conducts, conducted, conducting

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