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Meaning of conduct | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
ˈkɒndʌkt

Definitions

  1. The act or method of controlling or directing
  2. The act or method of controlling or directing.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Skillful guidance or management.
    countable, uncountable
  4. The manner in which one behaves:action (often used in plural), behavior, comportment, deportment, way.
  5. Skillful guidance or management
  6. Behaviour; the manner of behaving.
    countable, uncountable
  7. begeleide جَوْلَه مُنَظَّمَه екскурзия с водач passeio com guia zájezd führen rundvisning; omvisning οργανωμένη εκδρομή visita guiada giidi poolt juhitud ringkäik گردش به همراه راهنما opastettu kierros visite guidée, excursion טִיוּל מְאוּרגָן संचालित यात्रा putovanje s vodičem (vezetett) társasutazás, csoportos látogatás/kirándulás idegenvezetővel, csoportvezetés tur terpimpin visita turistica guidata ガイド付き観光旅行 안내인이 딸린 여행 organizuota išvyka ekskursija gida pavadībā lawatan berjadual begeleid...
  8. Behaviour; the manner of behaving
  9. transmission of heat etc by a conductor. geleiding, konduksie تَوْصيلُ الحَرارَه прпводимост condução vedení die Leitung ledning μετάδοση θερμότητας μέσω αγωγού conducción juhtimine, juhtivus رسانش؛ هدایت johtuminen conductionהולכה संवहन vodljivost (hő)vezetés pengantaran varmaleiðing conduzione 伝導 전도 laidumas vadītspēja; vadāmība pengkondksian geleidingledning przewodnictwo هدایت condução conductibilitate, trans­mi­tere проводимость vedenie prevajanje (toplote) provođenje överföring, ledande...
    etc
  10. Plot.
    countable, uncountable
  11. Plot
  12. dirigir, conducir.
  13. Convoy; escort; person who accompanies another.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  14. Convoy; escort; person who accompanies another
  15. To direct the course of; manage or control: a police officer who conducts traffic; a scientist who conducts experiments.
  16. Something which carries or conveys anything; a channel; an instrument; a conduit.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
  17. To lead or guide: conducted the tourists through the museum.
  18. A priest hired to hold services without secure title; now a chaplain.
    countable, uncountable
  19. Music To direct the performance of (an orchestra or chorus, for example).
    Music
  20. To serve as a medium for conveying; transmit: Some metals conduct heat.
  21. To comport (oneself) in a specified way: The students conducted themselves with dignity throughout the ceremony.
  22. To act as a director or conductor.

Equivalents

Català conducta
Dansk føre
Ελληνικά διαγωγή
Esperanto agmaniero gvidi konduki konduti konduto
فارسی رفتار
Gaeilge béasa treoraigh
Gàidhlig dol a-mach giùlan
עברית הנהגה
Հայերեն վարել վարք
Bahasa Indonesia aksi konduite peri polah
日本語 挙動 振舞い 行為
한국어 몸가짐 품행 행실
Kurdî kawe
Te Reo Māori kawe
తెలుగు నడుపు
Tagalog kaasalan
Türkçe gidiş muamele
Tiếng Việt cử chỉ tư cách

Examples

“There are other restrictions imposed upon the conduct of war, not by the law of nature primarily, but by the laws of war first, and by the law of nature as seconding and ratifying the laws of war.”
“the conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs, its policy, and its laws, are for more uncertain”
“If thou wilt ſtay with me renowmed man, / And lead thy thouſand horſe with my conduct, / Beſides thy ſhare of this Egyptian prize, / Thoſe thouſand horſe shall ſweat with martiall ſpoyle / Of conquered kingdomes, and of Cities ſackt, […]”
“1722 (first printed) Edmund Waller, Poems, &c. written upon several occasions, and to several persons Conduct of armies is a prince's art.”
“[…] attacked the Spaniards […] with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed.”
“At the head of that division which had Westminster Bridge for its approach to the scene of action, Lord George Gordon took his post; with Gashford at his right hand, and sundry ruffians, of most unpromising appearance, forming a kind of staff about him. The conduct of a second party, whose route lay by Blackfriars, was entrusted to a committee of management”
“Good conduct will be rewarded and likewise poor conduct will be punished.”
“when she came to recall the affectionate and natural manner of the young Indian girl, and all the evidences of good faith and sincerity she had seen in her conduct during the familiar intercourse of their journey, she rejected the idea with the unwillingness of a generous disposition to believe ill of others”
“All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury.”
“What in the conduct of our life appears / So well designed, so luckily begun, / But when we have our wish, we wish undone?”
“The book of Job, indeed, in conduct and diction, bears a considerable resemblance to some of his dramas.”
“I will be your conduct.”
“In my conduct shall your ladies come.”
“although thou hast been conduct of my chame”
“[…] at this present it is one of the most goodly and uniform Colledges in Europe; wherein is a Master, 60 Fellows, 67 scholars, 4 Conducts, 3 Publique Professours […] besides officers and servants of the foundation, with many other students, being in all 440.”
“Cory in 1722 obtained a licence of non-residence from Bishop Fleetwood, his patron, he being at that time one of the conducts, or chaplains, of King’s College.”
“The Rev Charles Mitchell-Innes, Conduct of Eton College, officiated, assisted by Mr Ralph Allwood, Precentor.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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