| conduct |  |  | 
| n. (act) | 1. behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings | manner of acting or controlling yourself. | 
|  | ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" | 
|  | ~ aggression | deliberately unfriendly behavior. | 
|  | ~ bohemianism | conduct characteristic of a bohemian. | 
|  | ~ dirty pool | conduct that is unfair or unethical or unsportsmanlike. | 
|  | ~ dirty tricks | underhand commercial or political behavior designed to discredit an opponent. | 
|  | ~ offense, offensive activity, discourtesy, offence | a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. | 
|  | ~ easiness | the quality of being easy in behavior or style.; "there was an easiness between them"; "a natural easiness of manner" | 
|  | ~ the way of the world, the ways of the world | the manner in which people typically behave or things typically happen.; "the ordinary reader is endowed with considerable wisdom and knowledge of the way of the world"; "she was well-versed in the ways of the world before she had taken the veil"; "he was amazingly innocent of the ways of the world" | 
| n. (attribute) | 2. behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment | (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people. | 
|  | ~ trait | a distinguishing feature of your personal nature. | 
|  | ~ manners | social deportment.; "he has the manners of a pig" | 
|  | ~ citizenship | conduct as a citizen.; "award for good citizenship" | 
|  | ~ swashbuckling | flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior. | 
|  | ~ correctitude, properness, propriety | correct or appropriate behavior. | 
|  | ~ improperness, impropriety | an improper demeanor. | 
|  | ~ personal manner, manner | a way of acting or behaving. | 
| v. (social) | 3. carry on, conduct, deal | direct the course of; manage or control.; "You cannot conduct business like this" | 
|  | ~ handle, manage, care, deal | be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" | 
|  | ~ racketeer | carry on illegal business activities involving crime. | 
| v. (creation) | 4. conduct, direct, lead | lead, as in the performance of a composition.; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" | 
|  | ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" | 
|  | ~ perform, do, execute | carry out or perform an action.; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" | 
|  | ~ conduct | lead musicians in the performance of.; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces" | 
| v. (social) | 5. acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport | behave in a certain manner.; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" | 
|  | ~ carry, bear, hold | support or hold in a certain manner.; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" | 
|  | ~ fluster | be flustered; behave in a confused manner. | 
|  | ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" | 
|  | ~ put forward, assert | insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized.; "Women should assert themselves more!" | 
|  | ~ deal | behave in a certain way towards others.; "He deals fairly with his employees" | 
|  | ~ walk around | behave in a certain manner or have certain properties.; "He walks around with his nose in the air"; "She walks around with this strange boyfriend" | 
|  | ~ posture, pose | behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others.; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself" | 
| v. (motion) | 6. conduct, direct, guide, lead, take | take somebody somewhere.; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" | 
|  | ~ beacon | guide with a beacon. | 
|  | ~ hand | guide or conduct or usher somewhere.; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi" | 
|  | ~ misguide, mislead, lead astray, misdirect | lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions.; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver" | 
|  | ~ usher, show | take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums.; "The usher showed us to our seats" | 
| v. (motion) | 7. carry, channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" | 
|  | ~ convey, express, carry | serve as a means for expressing something.; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" | 
|  | ~ bring, convey, take | take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" | 
|  | ~ wash up | carry somewhere (of water or current or waves).; "The tide washed up the corpse" | 
|  | ~ pipe in | bring in through pipes.; "Music was piped into the offices" | 
|  | ~ bring in | transmit.; "The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine" | 
|  | ~ retransmit | transmit again. | 
|  | ~ carry | be conveyed over a certain distance.; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house" | 
| v. (creation) | 8. conduct | lead musicians in the performance of.; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces" | 
|  | ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" | 
|  | ~ perform | give a performance (of something).; "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera" | 
|  | ~ conduct, direct, lead | lead, as in the performance of a composition.; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" | 
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