<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.</li><li>Synonyms: actions, comportment, demeanor, manners.</li><li>direction or management; administration: the conduct of a business.</li><li>Synonyms: government, guidance.</li><li>the act of conducting; guidance: The curator's conduct through the museum was informative.</li><li>Obsolete: a guide; an escort.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to behave or manage (oneself): He conducted himself well.</li><li>Synonyms: bear, deport.</li><li>to direct in action or course; manage; carry on: to conduct a test.</li><li>to conduct a meeting; to conduct a test.</li><li>Synonyms: administer, supervise.</li><li>to direct (an orchestra, chorus, etc.) as leader.</li><li>to lead or guide; escort: to conduct a tour.</li><li>to serve as a channel or medium for (heat, electricity, sound, etc.): Copper conducts electricity.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to lead.</li><li>to act as conductor, or leader of a musical group, by communicating a specific interpretation of the music to the performers by motions of a baton or the hands.</li></ul>